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1. Recognize or perceive the difference
   - know apart
    
2. Treat differently on the basis of factors such as sex, race, age, etc.
   - separate, single out
    
3. Distinguish
   "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"

1. Marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
   "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"

Derived forms: discriminates, discriminating, discriminated

See also: discriminating

Type of: differentiate, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise [Brit], recognize, secern [rare], secernate, separate, severalise [Brit], severalize, spot, tell, tell apart

Antonym: indiscriminate

Encyclopedia: Discriminate