The video you'd expect someone to post at this point is available for posting:

Antonyms are opposites. Discrete and discreet are just adjectives that sound the same.

The opposite of discrete is continuous, not discreet.

Shouldn’t this be in the getting on tits thread?

discreet

adjective
careful and prudent in one's speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment.
"we made some discreet inquiries"

synonyms: careful, circumspect, cautious, wary, chary, guarded, close-lipped, close-mouthed; More

intentionally unobtrusive.
"a discreet cough"
synonyms: unobtrusive, inconspicuous


discrete

adjective
individually separate and distinct.
"speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units"
synonyms: separate, distinct, individual, detached, unattached, disconnected, discontinuous, disjunct, disjoined
"speech sounds are produced as a continuous signal rather than discrete units"


Seem quite discrete definitions to me.

Now. I'm sure we've covered this but we have many more than the "traditional" five senses. I've got into arguments with my kids and, indirectly, their teachers about this. It still annoys me so every now and then I ask the kids how many senses we have and reopen the argument.

I think he's talking about sense of humour, entitlement, injustice, irony.

I don't really.

Nonce Sense

There was a thing on some podcast I listened too about the ability to perceive magnetic fields. Can’t remember what they said though.

nick_md wrote:

I'm with Tiger on this one.

Yep. See his point now.

Or secondary to go into a lot more detail and science behind it all.

Yeah but my kids are at Cambridge.

That was a joke.

tigerswiftly wrote:

For example, "Handwriting should be taught in a discrete manner VS Handwriting should be taught in a discreet manner."  So... antonyms(ish).

I’ve heard people use ‘discreet’ with that kind of phrasing, but in my experience the phrasing changes when using discrete. “Handwriting lessons should be discrete to the rest of the lesson plan.” I’ve never, ever heard phrasing where one can be dropped in to replace the other, confusing the intended meaning. Your example above sounds wrong. They’re also not contradictory. Handwriting could be taught in a discreet manner, discrete from the rest of the curriculum.

WorKid wrote:

Temperature would be an obvious one for example. Proprioception is another one you can test at home.

Aren’t both of those just an extension of the sense of touch? Just because you can’t see temperature, it doesn’t mean it’s not a recordable physical thing that you perceive through your nerve endings. Likewise proprioception.

The Daddy wrote:

There was a thing on some podcast I listened too about the ability to perceive magnetic fields. Can’t remember what they said though.

No such thing as a fish? They said we probably used to be able to. Some people say they can, but controlled experiments prove they can’t.

Put your hand in front of an oven, or a fire, or a hob. You aren't touching it but you can sense the temperature.

It's definitely a discrete sense.