different between sparing vs tolerant

English

Adjective

sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)

1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

Translations

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frugal

Verb

sparing

1. present participle of spare

Noun

sparing (plural sparings)

1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
   • 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day (volume 2, page 322)

     The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, rasping

Indonesian

Etymology

From English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spa.r??]
• Hyphenation: spa?ring

Noun

sparing

1. (colloquial) to practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

   Synonym: berlatih

Further reading

• “sparing” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spa.r?ink/

Noun

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) sparingowy

Related terms

• (noun) sparingpartner

Further reading

• sparing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sparing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of toler? (“endure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l???nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??l???nt/

Adjective

tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)

1. tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something

2. tending to withstand or survive

   These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

Antonyms

• intolerant

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• tolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Tarleton

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin tolerans.

Adjective

tolerant (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

1. tolerant

   Antonym: intolerant

Related terms

• tolerància
• tolerar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

tolerant

1. present participle of tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tolerant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tolerant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

1. tolerant

Inflection

Related terms

• tolerantie
• tolereren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: toleran

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tol???ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)

1. tolerant

Declension

Further reading

• “tolerant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

tolerant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of toler?  "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

References

• “tolerant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

References

• “tolerant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French tolérant.

Adjective

tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerant?, masculine plural toleran?i, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

Declension

Related terms

• toleran??

Swedish

Adjective

tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)

1. tolerant

Declension

Antonyms

• intolerant

Related terms

• tolerans

References

• tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)