Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating.]
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
separate from another by discerning differences; to
distinguish. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
1. Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discriminating
adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating
eye of the connoisseur" [ant: undiscriminating]
2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: discriminate]
[ant: indiscriminate]
3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
observations" [syn: acute, incisive, keen, knifelike,
penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
WordNet (r) 2.0
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "discriminating":
accurate, adoptive, appointive, appreciative, careful, censorious,
characteristic, characterizing, choicy, choosing, choosy,
circumspect, civilized, conscientious, considerate, constituent,
contrastive, critical, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate,
diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential,
differentiative, discerning, discreet, discriminate,
discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, eclectic, elective,
electoral, elegant, enlightened, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine,
fussy, graceful, gracile, gracious, idiosyncratic, individualizing,
individuating, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, keen, meticulous,
nice, particular, peculiar, perceptive, perfectionistic,
personalizing, picky, polished, politic, precise, precisianistic,
priggish, provident, prudent, prudential, prudish, punctilious,
puristic, puritanic, refined, reflecting, reflective, scrupulous,
select, selecting, selective, sensitive, separative, sophisticated,
strict, subtle, tactful, thoughtful, well-advised, well-judged,
wise
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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