Overview of verb discriminate

The verb discriminate has 3 senses

• discriminate, know apart -- (recognize or perceive the difference)


• discriminate, separate, single out -- (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)


• discriminate -- (distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish")

Overview of adj discriminating

The adj discriminating has 2 senses

• discriminating -- (showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur")


• acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp -- (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")