alone vs discrete

alone

adj
  • By oneself, solitary. 

  • Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. 

adv
  • Not requiring anything further; merely. 

  • By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. 

  • Without outside help. 

  • Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. 

  • Not permitting anything further; exclusively. 

discrete

adj
  • Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous. 

  • Consisting of or permitting only distinct values drawn from a finite, countable set. 

  • Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry. 

  • Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound. 

  • Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology. 

  • Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause. 

  • That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else. 

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