Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Discriminating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Discriminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discriminating}.]
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
separate from another by discerning differences; to
distinguish. --Cowper.
To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
{Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly}, adv.
And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not
so black; -- nor white so very white. --Canning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discriminating
adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating
eye of the connoisseur" [ant: {undiscriminating}]
2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: {discriminate}]
[ant: {indiscriminate}]
3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
observations" [syn: {acute}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike},
{penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
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