| Verb | 1. | discriminate - recognize or perceive the differencesubtilize - mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words | |
| 2. | discriminate - treat differently on the basis of sex or raceisolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" hive off - remove from a group and make separate; "The unit was hived off from its parent company" segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" redline - discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood | |
| 3. | discriminate - distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" | |
| Adj. | 1. | discriminate - marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"discriminating - showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" indiscriminate - not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles" | |
| 2. | discriminate - noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"discriminating - showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" | |