1. Recognize or perceive the difference
   - know apart 
2. Treat differently on the basis of sex or race
   - separate, single out 
3. Distinguish
   "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"

1. Marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
   "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"

Derived forms: discriminated, discriminating, discriminates

See also: discriminating, discrimination, discriminative, discriminator, discriminatory

Type of: differentiate, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise [Brit], recognize, secern, secernate, separate, severalise [Brit], severalize, spot, tell, tell apart

Antonym: indiscriminate

Encyclopedia: Discriminate

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