Discriminating

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions; perceptive.
  • adj. Showing careful judgment or fine taste: a discriminating collector of rare books; a dish for the discriminating palate.
  • adj. Separating into distinct parts or components; analytical.
  • adj. Serving to distinguish; distinctive: a discriminating characteristic.
  • adj. Marked by or showing bias; discriminatory.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
  • adj. Having a discerning judgment or taste
  • v. Present participle of discriminate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Marking a difference; distinguishing.
  • adj. making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to quality or accuracy.
  • adj. having a refined taste or excellent judgment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That discriminates; noting distinctions and differences with accuracy and nicety; distinguishing: as, a discriminating mind.
  • Serving as a ground or means of discrimination; distinctive.
  • A higher tonnage-duty on vessels not owned by citizens of the importing country than on vessels owned wholly or in part by such citizens. Also called differential duty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
  • adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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    distinguishing    discerning    delicate    nice   
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