Associations to the word «Discern»
Noun
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
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect
the soul with evil.