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English Dictionary: discriminating by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discriminating
adj
  1. showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"
    Antonym(s): indiscriminating, undiscriminating
  2. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
    Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
      Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
      {Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly}, adv.
  
               And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not
               so black; -- nor white so very white.      --Canning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Discriminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discriminating}.]
      To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
      separate from another by discerning differences; to
      distinguish. --Cowper.
  
               To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
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