different between tolerance vs tolerate

English

Etymology

From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin toler? (“endure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l???ns/

Noun

tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)

1. (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
2. (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
3. (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. [from 19th c.]
4. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]

5. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

• intolerance

Hyponyms

• (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance

Related terms

Translations

References

• tolerance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coeternal, neorectal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tol?rant?s?]

Noun

tolerance f

1. tolerance (the ability or practice of tolerating)
2. tolerance (permitted deviation from standard)

Related terms

• toleran?ní
• tolerantní
• tolerovat

Further reading

• tolerance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tolerance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus