Distinct
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Very clear. Different from one another. Noticeably different.
Example sentence: Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration.
Discrete
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Separate; distinct; individual; Non-continuous.Something that can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.Having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors — the opposite of 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.
Example sentence: The three discrete invariances - reflection invariance, charge conjugation invariance, and time reversal invariance - are connected by an important theorem called the CPT theorem.