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Discern
verb
Word Frequency:
3.5
Definitions
1.
verb
To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
2.
verb
To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
3.
verb
To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
"He was too young to discern right from wrong."
4.
verb
To perceive differences.
Synonyms
discriminate
distinguish
ken
spy
tell apart
recognize
pick out
make out
perceive
differentiate
understand
know
Rhymes With
taciturn
stern
concern
spurn
return
dern
churn
turn
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