Dicipline vs. Discipline: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on September 26, 2023
"Dicipline" is an incorrect spelling; the correct version is "discipline," which refers to controlled behavior or self-control.
Which is correct: Dicipline or Discipline
How to spell Discipline?
Dicipline is Incorrect
Discipline is Correct
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Key Differences
The correct word "discipline" starts with "dis-", like "disagree" or "disappoint."
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Think of "disc" before "-ipline" to remember the 's' and 'c' together.
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Note that "discipline" has the same ending as "pipeline," which also contains an 'i,' 'p,' 'l,' 'i,' 'n,' 'e.'
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Associate "discipline" with "academic disciplines," which always uses the 's' and 'c' together.
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Sep 16, 2023
Visualize "discipline" as a series of three syllables: "dis-ci-pline," each with its specific letters.
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Sep 16, 2023
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Dicipline and Discipline Definitions
Discipline
Control gained by enforcing obedience or order.
Her discipline in studying is admirable.
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Discipline
Training that molds moral character.
Military discipline is rigorous.
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Discipline
Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement
Was raised in the strictest discipline.
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Discipline
Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order
Military discipline.
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Discipline
Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control
Dieting takes a lot of discipline.
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Discipline
A state of order based on submission to rules and authority
A teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
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Discipline
Punishment intended to correct or train
Subjected to harsh discipline.
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Discipline
A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
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Discipline
To train by instruction and practice, as in following rules or developing self-control
The sergeant disciplined the recruits to become soldiers.
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Discipline
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
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Discipline
The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
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Discipline
Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part,Obey the rules and discipline of art.
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Discipline
Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
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Discipline
Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate us.
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Discipline
Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
Giving her the discipline of the strap.
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Discipline
The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
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Discipline
Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
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Discipline
A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
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Discipline
To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.
Ill armed, and worse disciplined.
His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
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Discipline
To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?
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Discipline
A branch of knowledge;
In what discipline is his doctorate?
Teachers should be well trained in their subject
Anthropology is the study of human beings
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Discipline
A system of rules of conduct or method of practice;
He quickly learned the discipline of prison routine
For such a plan to work requires discipline
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Discipline
The trait of being well behaved;
He insisted on discipline among the troops
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Discipline
The act of punishing;
The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
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Discipline
Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;
Parents must discipline their children
Is this dog trained?
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Discipline
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
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Discipline
Punishment or corrective action.
He faced discipline for his actions.
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Discipline
Self-control or self-regulation.
Yoga is a discipline of both mind and body.
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FAQs
Why is it called discipline?
Derived from Latin "disciplina," meaning "instruction, knowledge."
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Which preposition is used with discipline?
"In," as in "discipline in schools."
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Which conjunction is used with discipline?
"And," as in "discipline and respect."
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Is discipline a negative or positive word?
Generally considered positive, but context-dependent.
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Which article is used with discipline?
"The," as in "the discipline required."
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Is the word discipline imperative?
It can be used in the imperative mood ("Discipline yourself!").
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Is discipline a countable noun?
Can be both countable and uncountable depending on the context.
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How is discipline used in a sentence?
"He maintained strict discipline while preparing for the exams."
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