Discreet: judicious, careful, confidential, prudent.
If you know when to keep your mouth shut, you are discreet. (And this is, by far, the most common usage on this site.)
Discrete: Singular, isolated, distinct.
If you focus on one thing out of a bunch of things, then you are picking on a discrete item.
Bugged me for years. Sorry to vent.


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