[syn: discriminate, separate, single out]
3. distinguish;
- Example: "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
- Example: "discriminate judgments"
- Example: "discriminate people"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. i.
1. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish
accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be
careful to discriminate between probability and slight
presumption.
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2.
(a) To treat unequally.
(b) (Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for
substantially the same service.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, a. [L. discriminatus, p. p. of
discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division,
distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf.
Criminate.]
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain
tokens. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
discriminate
adj 1: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [ant:
indiscriminate]
v 1: recognize or perceive the difference [syn: discriminate,
know apart]
2: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn:
discriminate, separate, single out]
3: distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes
in this complicated dish"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "discriminate":
analyze, anatomize, atomize, change, chop logic, collate, compare,
contradistinguish, contrast, demarcate, demark, desynonymize,
difference, differentiate, discern, discriminate against,
disequalize, disfavor, disjoin, distinguish, diversify, divide,
draw the line, extricate, favor, individualize, individuate,
make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, mark the interface,
modify, note, particularize, perceive, personalize, pick out,
play favorites, prefer, red-bait, refine a distinction, remark,
screen, screen out, segregate, select, separate, set a limit,
set apart, set off, sever, severalize, show preference, sieve,
sieve out, sift, sift out, sort, sort out, specialize, split hairs,
subdivide, subtilize, treat unequally, vary, winnow
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or
thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.