What's the difference between discreet and secrecy?

Discreet


Definition:

  • (superl.) Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
  • (superl.) Differing; distinct.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By indirect immunofluorescence, fibronectin is seen as arrays of long fibers in fibroblastic ECM, whereas in endothelial ECM, fibronectin is found in discreet foci as short fibers.
  • (2) MRT proved to the superior to CT. CT demonstrated a discreet temporal lobe lesion in three patients and MRT in four patients.
  • (3) The best senior staff are discreet, disciplined, hard-working, collaborative and almost invisible.
  • (4) Like his wind turbine though, discreetly taken down some months later, many people are now concluding that Cameron's promise to lead the " greenest government ever " was little more than a fraudulent gimmick, a PR stunt from a man schooled in the PR industry.
  • (5) The application of these principles and the use of specific treatment modalities to manage the discreet manifestations of dry eye syndrome can lead to successful management in the majority of cases, with the preservation of useful vision and the relief of symptoms.
  • (6) Out of 80 preschool children, 8% of them had clinically evident signs of a possible cortical lesion, which were discreet and regarded the visuomotor, in other words visuoconstructive functions.
  • (7) Six royal aides and lawyers were seen at one hearing discreetly monitoring the arguments.
  • (8) Sampson became the discreet, muttering centre of a web, connected by telephone and letter, telegram and fax, to an astounding cast of world leaders and commentarians, film stars and novelists.
  • (9) Normally, its diplomats try to maintain as low a profile as possible, conducting business through discreet lunches and dinners rather than mounting such high-profile lobbying exercises.
  • (10) Still, Suleimani was discreetly involved in negotiations with the US after the September 11 attacks, when Iran offered help to US forces in Afghanistan – until George W Bush included Tehran in "the axis of evil".
  • (11) Unlike more discreet foreign envoys in London, the ambassador is not afraid to state his views publicly and forcefully.
  • (12) folds up its comedy deckchair, presses mute on the trombones and drapes a hand towel discreetly over Mark's crotch.
  • (13) Using skills acquired in his first job with the accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers and his second, buying and selling companies for JP Morgan, he minted a commercial model from the calm opulence of United's discreet Mayfair office that soon became the envy of the football world.
  • (14) It feels wrong to call for them to be dropped but Stoke fans discreetly admit that their inability to galumph around the pitch as effectively as before is one of the reasons for the team’s recent vulnerability.
  • (15) One day after the last day of exposure, the animals were decapitated and steady state concentrations of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-mandelic acid (VMA), 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl glycol (MOPEG), dihydroxphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were determined in six discreet brain regions using electrochemical high-performance liquid chromatography.
  • (16) One of these approaches, the neurobehavioral model of cocaine dependency treatment establishes a clear timetable for cocaine recovery and focusses attention on four discreet areas of functioning.
  • (17) This is also true for discreet and partial ossification defects which are not visible on conventional x-rays and are described here for the first time.
  • (18) We piloted the Forget-Me-Not Challenge, encouraging departments to identify patients who have dementia or who are confused by placing a discreet picture of a forget-me-not above their bed.
  • (19) However, Condé Nast insiders say Greig's resignation is expected within days and the glossy magazine publisher's managing director, Nicolas Coleridge, is understood to be discreetly searching for a replacement Tatler editor.
  • (20) They pioneered ways of discreetly carving out spaces where other codes apply, protected by cryptic passwords.

Secrecy


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.
  • (n.) That which is concealed; a secret.
  • (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
  • (n.) The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a newspaper interview last month, Shapps said the BBC needed to tackle what he said was a culture of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting if it hoped to retain the full £3.6bn raised by the licence fee after the current Royal Charter expires in 2016.
  • (2) History contains numerous examples of government secrecy breeding abuse.
  • (3) The secrecy worries me if those decisions are being made without giving us the ability to hold them to account,” says Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff.
  • (4) National newspapers and the BBC have joined forces to oppose Hague's secrecy application and on Friday expressed their dismay at the ruling.
  • (5) Such is the secrecy around the plot – centred on an Alpine town where the dead come back to life – that not even the cast have been told about the new series, which is due to begin filming early next year.
  • (6) The government has won a High Court order to prevent the partial lifting of a secrecy order affecting the proposed inquest into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko.
  • (7) The company was “owned” by four bearer shareholders, which gave it an extra degree of secrecy.
  • (8) Secrecy was encouraged and bribery, threats, and peer pressure used to induce participation in sexual activities.
  • (9) The prime minister, Tony Abbott , said on Thursday he was comfortable with being accused of secrecy on asylum seeker policy so long as the policies succeeded in stopping the boats.
  • (10) It's believed to be the first time an appeals court delayed an execution based on the issue of drug secrecy.
  • (11) However, in a demonstration of the intense secrecy surrounding NSA surveillance even after Edward Snowden's revelations, the senators claimed they could not publicly identify the allegedly misleading section or sections of a factsheet without compromising classified information.
  • (12) They've all had the courthouse doors slammed shut in the faces by courts that have accepted the US government's claims that its own secrecy powers and immunity rights bar any such justice.
  • (13) Their secrecy and diminished footprint make them harder than conventional wars to oppose and hold to account – though the backlash in countries bearing the brunt is bound to grow.
  • (14) These efforts don't solve the problem of government surveillance and secrecy.
  • (15) The engineer said he was concerned that the nuclear industry and local political system had a reputation for considerable secrecy that would not make it easy to discern what had gone wrong.
  • (16) The practice of HIV-tests for exclusion purpose promotes a tendency to secrecy, which is unfavourable to the social and medical control of the epidemic, especially because medical secret relatively to insurances is insufficient.
  • (17) "What the Guardian is highlighting is the vital role of secrecy in offshore abuse.
  • (18) Speaking on his LBC 97.3 radio show, Clegg said he strongly supported the need for secrecy by the intelligence agencies but there needed to be proper accountability as current regulation was quite opaque.
  • (19) In effect, we need all leaders to move health and social care organisations from fragmentation to integration; from tribes to interdisciplinary and inter-organisational teams; from internal focus to external focus; from domination and control to enabling collaboration; from secrecy to transparency; and from conflict and conflict avoidance to working through.
  • (20) • Apple has been able to draw a secrecy veil over its Irish operations by making extensive use of unlimited companies, which are not required to file company accounts.