| verb | recognize or perceive the difference |
| verb | treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
| verb | distinguish “I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish” |
| adjective | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste “the discriminating eye of the connoisseur” |
| adjective | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions “an acute observer of politics and politicians” |
| discriminative | adjective | capable of making fine distinctions |
| discriminatory | adjective | capable of making fine distinctions |
| discrimination | noun | the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished |
| discriminator | noun | a person who (or that which) differentiates |
| separative | adjective | serving to separate or divide into parts |
| acuteness | noun | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
| incisiveness | noun | keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect |
| keenness | noun | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
| penetrate | verb | come to understand |
| sharpness | noun | a quick and penetrating intelligence |