discriminate
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(verb) recognize or perceive the difference |
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Synonyms: know apart |
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Related Words: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalize, subtilize, tell, tell apart |
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(adjective) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" |
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Synonyms: discriminating |
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Antonyms: indiscriminate |
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(satellite adjective) noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument" |
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Synonyms: nice |
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(verb) distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" |
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Related Words: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, tell apart |
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(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
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Synonyms: separate, single out |
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Related Words: differentiate, disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour, distinguish, insulate, isolate, redline, secern, secernate, segregate, separate, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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