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Roget's Thesaurus

Discrimination (results of comparison 1)

Nouns
  • discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism
  • nice perception
  • perception of difference, appreciation of difference
  • estimation etc. Measurement
  • nicety, refinement
  • taste etc. [Good taste.] Taste
  • critique, judgment
  • tact
  • discernment etc. (intelligence) Intelligence, Wisdom
  • acuteness, penetration
  • nuances. dope [Slang], past performances.
Verbs
  • discriminate, distinguish, severalize
  • recognize, match, identify
  • separate
  • draw the line, sift
  • separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat
  • separate the men from the boys
  • split hairs, draw a fine line, nitpick, quibble. estimate etc. (measure) Measurement
  • know which is which, know what is what, know 'a hawk from a handsaw'" [Hamlet]. take into account, take into consideration
  • give due weight to, allow due weight to
  • weigh carefully.
Adjectives
  • discriminating etc. v.
  • dioristic, discriminative, distinctive
  • nice.
Phrases
  • il y a fagots et fagots
  • miles apart
  • a distinction without a difference.