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Analyze vs Discernment - What's the difference?

analyze | discernment |

As a verb analyze

is to subject to analysis.

As a noun discernment is

the ability to distinguish; judgement.

analyze

English

Alternative forms

* analyse (Commonwealth except Canada)

Verb

(analyz)
  • To subject to analysis.
  • To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
  • To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
  • To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

    • Usage notes

    * According to the third edition of (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage), both analyze'' and the British spelling ''analyse'' are equally indefensible from an etymological perspective. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize .

    Derived terms

    * analyzable, analysable * analyzability, analysability * analyzer, analyser * psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse

    Related terms

    * analysis * analyst * analytic / analytical

    discernment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ability to distinguish; judgement.
  • Discrimination.
  • To distinguish between things.
  • To perceive differences that exist.
  • The condition of understanding.
  • Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
  • Perceptiveness.
  • The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
  • Discretion in judging objectively.

    • Related terms

    * discern

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