It is hard to discern between the true and the false.
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Discern
//dɪˈsɝn//
Synonyms for "discern" (103 found)
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110 translations across 21 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- পৃথকীকরণ verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- забелязвам verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- различавам verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- различавам verb (to perceive differences)
- разпознавам verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 察覺 /察觉 verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- 辨別 /辨别 verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Czech
4 entries- chápat verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- odlišit verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- odlišovat verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- odlišovat verb (to perceive differences)
Dutch
1 entries- onderscheiden verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Finnish
4 entries- erottaa verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- havaita verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- havaita verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- huomata verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
French
1 entries- discerner verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
Galician
4 entries- acolumbrar verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- albiscar verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- aperceber verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- cousir verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
German
4 entries- bemerken verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- den Unterschied erkennen zwischen verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- erkennen verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- erkennen verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
Greek
2 entries- διακρίνω verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- διακρίνω verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Italian
1 entries- percepire verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
Korean
2 entries- 식별하다 verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- 인지하다 verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
Latin
4 entries- dispecto verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- dispecto verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- dispecto verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- dispecto verb (to perceive differences)
Polish
4 entries- dostrzec verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- dostrzegać verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- rozróżniać verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- rozróżnić verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Portuguese
4 entries- diferenciar verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- discernir verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- discernir verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- discernir verb (to perceive differences)
Romanian
2 entries- discerne verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- percepe verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
Russian
4 entries- различа́ть verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- различи́ть verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- распозна́ть verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- распознава́ть verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वेवेक्ति verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Slovak
4 entries- odlíšiť verb (to perceive differences)
- pochopiť verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- postrehnúť verb (to perceive differences)
- rozlíšiť verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
Spanish
4 entries- discerner verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- discerner verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
- discerner verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- discerner verb (to perceive differences)
Swedish
4 entries- se skillnad på verb (to perceive differences)
- skilja verb (to distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate)
- urskilja verb (to detect with the senses, especially with the eyes)
- urskilja verb (to perceive, recognize or comprehend with the mind; to descry)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The inky litre of blueberry juice needed something else to make it taste better, but he could not discern what that something could be.
Source: tatoeba (1126661)
However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.
Source: tatoeba (2458803)
He can't discern fact from fiction.
Source: tatoeba (2745842)
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