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/dɪskrˈɪmənˌeɪtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Discriminate v. t. (past & past part. discriminated; pres. part. discriminating) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. "To discriminate the goats from the sheep."

Discriminate v. i.

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.

(a)

To treat unequally.

(b)

(Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

adjective

Discriminating adj.

Marking a difference; distinguishing. "And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; nor white so very white."

Making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to quality or accuracy; as, a discriminating observer.

Synonyms: discerning, perspicacious.

Having a refined taste or excellent judgment; as, a discriminating taste.

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Etymology of 'Discriminating'

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... come down to us contains many interesting details concerning the topography and life of the new land. The Malouin captain was a good navigator as seafaring went in his day, a good judge of distance at sea, and a keen observer of landmarks. But he was not a discriminating chronicler of those things which we would now wish to understand—for example, the relationship and status of the various Indian tribes with which he came into contact. All manner of Indian customs are superficially ...

— Crusaders of New France - A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness - Chronicles of America, Volume 4 • William Bennett Munro

... was a brig sloop of fourteen 24-pounders, the ship's company by no means a bad set, and in the course of the cruise I had the satisfaction of seeing them alert, clean and obedient. This was in a great measure owing to the officers, who, when supported, were firm, discriminating and encouraging. The consequence was that during the time I commanded her there was only one desertion in eighteen months, and the cat did not see daylight once in three months. I found off Boulogne another cruiser watching the French privateers and Bonaparte's ...

— A Sailor of King George • Frederick Hoffman

... beaten highway, they will never be able to thread the byway that would lead them by a shorter course, and will lose themselves and continue to wander for life; in the second place, of those who, possessed of sufficient sense or modesty to determine that there are others who excel them in the power of discriminating between truth and error, and by whom they may be instructed, ought rather to content themselves with the opinions of such than trust for more ...

— A Discourse on Method • Rene Descartes

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— Serge Panine, Complete • Georges Ohnet

... was close about money. She had all but forgotten it, because her own experience with him had made such a charge seem ridiculous. She now assumed—so far as she thought about it at all—that he was extremely generous. She did not realize what a fine discriminating generosity his was, or how striking an evidence of his belief in her as well as ...

— The Price She Paid • David Graham Phillips

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