Aware vs Discerning - What's the difference?
aware | discerning |
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
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As nouns the difference between aware and discerning
is that aware is avar while discerning is discernment.As a verb discerning is
.As an adjective discerning is
of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.aware
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Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware , is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}
Synonyms
* (sense, on one's guard) wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant * (conscious of something) apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindfulAntonyms
* unawareDerived terms
* awareness * unawarediscerning
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied