discern
/D IH0 S ER1 N/verb
- 1
To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- 2
To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- 3
To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
“He was too young to discern right from wrong.”
- 4
To perceive differences.
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