Discern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To perceive with the eyes or intellect; detect.
  • v. To recognize or comprehend mentally.
  • v. To perceive or recognize as being different or distinct; distinguish. See Synonyms at see1.
  • verb-intransitive. To perceive differences.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
  • v. To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
  • v. To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
  • v. To perceive differences.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
  • v. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize.
  • verb-intransitive. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
  • verb-intransitive. To make cognizance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To distinguish; perceive the difference between(two or more things); discriminate.
  • To indicate or constitute the difference between; show the distinction between.
  • To see distinctly; separate mentally from the general mass of objects occupying the field of vision; perceive by the eye; descry.
  • To discover by the intellect; gain knowledge of; become aware of; distinguish.
  • Synonyms and To perceive, recognize, mark, note, espy, descry.
  • To perceive a difference or distinction; make or establish a distinction; discriminate: as, to discern between truth and falsehood.
  • To see; penetrate by the eye.
  • To have judicial cognizance: with of.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. detect with the senses
  • Verb Form
    Hyponym
    discriminate    resolve   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discriminate    detect    penetrate    descry    espy    discover    distinguish    perceive    seer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bern    Berne    Fern    Hearn    Herne    Kern    Laverne    Stern    Sterne    Verne   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts