Synonyms of the word 
DISCERN → DISTINGUISH - RECOGNISE - RECOGNIZE
discern
- v. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
- v. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
- v. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
- v. (intransitive) To perceive differences.
distinguish
- v. To see someone or something as different from others.
- v. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
- v. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
recognise
- v. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous…
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as worthy of consideration or…
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
- v. (transitive) To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
- v. (transitive) To give an award.
recognize
- v. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous…
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
- v. (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realize or admit that.
- v. (transitive) To give an award.
- v. To show appreciation of.
- v. (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
- v. (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
- v. (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
- v. To cognize again.
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