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Discerning vs Considering - What's the difference?

discerning | considering |

As verbs the difference between discerning and considering

is that discerning is while considering is .

As nouns the difference between discerning and considering

is that discerning is discernment while considering is consideration.

As an adjective discerning

is of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.

As a preposition considering is

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discerning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.

    • Related terms

    * discern

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • discernment
  • * 1605 , , I. iv. 224:
    • Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied

    Anagrams

    *

    considering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • consideration
  • * William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
    • This respite shook / The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, / Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble / The region of my breast; which forced such way, / That many mazed considerings did throng / And press'd in with this caution.

    Preposition

    Synonyms

    * in view of