discriminate

Meaning

1. To make distinctions.
2. To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
3. To treat or affect differently, depending on differences in traits.
4. To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

distinguish

differentiate

treat differently

distinquish

know apart

keep apart

separate off

separate out

be prejudiced

key out

recognize identify

be unfair

be a partisan

know clearly

severalise

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Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

From Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (“to divide, separate, distinguish”), from discrimen (“a space between, division, separation, distinction”), from discerno (“to divide, separate, distinguish, discern”); see discern, discreet, discrete. Compare crime.

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