Discerning vs Discernible - What's the difference?
discerning | discernible |
discernment
* 1605 , , I. iv. 224:
Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.
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* 1821 ,
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
As adjectives the difference between discerning and discernible
is that discerning is of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive while discernible is possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.As a verb discerning
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun discerning
is discernment.discerning
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied
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*discernible
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Adjective
(en adjective)John Duncan], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=En58zhD3SWUC Duncan's Travels
- To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.
