different between discern vs adjudge

English

Etymology

From Middle English discernen, from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”); see certain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)n

(modern pronunciation)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??s?n/

(older pronunciation)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??z?n/

Verb

discern (third-person singular simple present discerns, present participle discerning, simple past and past participle discerned)

1. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
2. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
3. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.

4. (intransitive) To perceive differences.

Synonyms

• (detect with the senses): See also Thesaurus:perceive
  • (especially with the eyes): behold, see; see also Thesaurus:see
• (perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind): ken, spy; see also Thesaurus:spot
• (distinguish something as being different): discriminate, distinguish; see also Thesaurus:tell apart

Derived terms

• discernible
• discernment
• indiscernible

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Cinders, cinders, rescind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Verb

adjudge (third-person singular simple present adjudges, present participle adjudging, simple past and past participle adjudged)

1. To declare to be.
2. To deem or determine to be.
3. To award judicially; to assign.
   • 19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage

     What doth the poor man's son inherit?

     Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,

     A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,

     Content that from employment springs

Related terms

• abjudge
• adjudicate
• judge

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