discrimination

Roget category 465

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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#465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination

noun

discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism^† — nice perception — perception of difference, appreciation of difference — estimation etc. 466 — nicety, refinement — taste etc. 850 — critique, judgment — tact — discernment etc. (intelligence) 498 — acuteness, penetration — nuances.
dope [Slang], past performances.

verb

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) 466 — 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.

adjective

discriminating etc. v. — dioristic^†, discriminative, distinctive — nice.

phrase

il y a fagots et fagots — rem acu tetigisti [Lat.] — la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile [Fr.] — miles apart — a distinction without a difference.

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