I always thought discreet was just a different way of spelling discrete, used by the same type of person who'd write wierd instead of weird, but apparently discreet and discrete are "supposed to" mean different things, a "discrete quantity" vs "discreet packaging".
I reject this notion and will continue to spell either sense as discrete. Both are from Old French discret, both are pronounced the same, both were spelled the same in Middle English, and discretion is still spelled the same for either meaning, so there is absolutely no reason why discrete and discreet should be spelled differently, other than to personally confuse me. There are enough people who confuse the two spellings as to make the written distinction between discrete and discreet absolutely useless.
Yes, I'm going to intentionally misspell a word because it annoys me. You should do the same for any words that you dislike the spellings of. Who's gonna stop us‽
homophones be like
Like, the vast majority of homophones actually have a reason to be spelled differently, and actually have some way for you to remember which is which, and a lot of them are only homophones in some dialects anyways. So most homophones I don't really mind, although if others choose to merge words that I personally wouldn't, then that's their decision and I respect that.
Idk discrete and discreet are pretty separate adjectives to me. "Discrete systems" is not a spycraft class.
It is weird that "discretion" hasn't separated though
Yeah and a "red cup" is not a communist football tournament.