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Tolerate vs. Withstand — What's the Difference?

Tolerate vs. Withstand — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Tolerate and Withstand

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Tolerate

Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference
A regime unwilling to tolerate dissent

Withstand

To resist or oppose with determined effort
The soldiers withstood the attack.

Tolerate

Be capable of continued subjection to (a drug, toxin, or environmental condition) without adverse reaction
Lichens grow in conditions that no other plants tolerate

Withstand

To be undamaged or unaffected by
The house withstood the storm.

Tolerate

To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit
The president will not tolerate any deviation from stated policy.
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Withstand

To resist or endure successfully.

Tolerate

To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others).

Withstand

(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.

Tolerate

To accept or be patient regarding (something unpleasant or undesirable); endure
Tolerated his insults for weeks.

Withstand

To oppose (something) forcefully.

Tolerate

(Medicine) To have tolerance for (a substance or pathogen).

Withstand

To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.
I withstood him to the face.
Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.The little tyrant of his fields withstood.

Tolerate

(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.

Withstand

Resist or confront with resistance;
The politician defied public opinion
The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
The bridge held

Tolerate

(transitive) To bear, withstand.
I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.

Withstand

Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

Tolerate

To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
Crying should not be tolerated in children.
We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration.

Tolerate

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

Tolerate

Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others);
We must tolerate the religions of others

Tolerate

Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen;
The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him

Tolerate

Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
We don't allow dogs here
Children are not permitted beyond this point
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital

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