Associations to the word «Discern»
Noun
- Nature
- Sign
- Brie
- Conjecture
- Familiarity
- Working
- Connexion
- Mysticism
- Wilt
- Divination
- Swell
- Chaos
- Lettering
- Forgery
- Calamity
- Fathom
- Soul
- Candle
- Imagination
- Cloud
- Certainty
- Odour
- Meaning
- Intention
- Trend
- Toil
- Glass
- Genius
- Splendour
- Simplicity
- Solitude
- Misery
- Mast
- Tis
- Vapour
- Reader
- Figure
- Phenomenon
- Tarzan
- Bearing
- Vision
- Cavern
- Fern
- Wit
- Negligence
- Light
- Disguise
- Personage
Adjective
Wiktionary
DISCERN, verb. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
DISCERN, verb. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
DISCERN, verb. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
DISCERN, verb. (intransitive) To perceive differences.
Dictionary definition
DISCERN, verb. Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.