Decent and Descent are often mixed up. Decent (adjective) means Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior/ of an acceptable standard; satisfactory, while Descent (noun) means An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling/ the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
Meaning: Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior/ of an acceptable standard; satisfactory.
Synonyms: Reasonable, Fair, Acceptable, Sufficiently Good, Good Enough.
Example: It's hard to find a decent restaurant in this town; all they seem to have is fast food places.
Meaning: An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling/ the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
Synonyms: Going Down, Coming Down; Drop, Fall.
Example: When it came to driving down the long hill, the inexperienced driver was not good at its descent.
