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Discernment vs Headedness - What's the difference?

discernment | headedness |

As nouns the difference between discernment and headedness

is that discernment is the ability to distinguish; judgement while headedness is the state or quality of having a particular type of head.

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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    headedness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of having a particular type of head.
  • * 2005 February, Roumyana Pancheva, "The Rise and Fall of Second-Position Clitics", in Natural Language & Linguistic Theory , Volume 23, Number 1, page 103:
    • An analysis of the historical change that led to the development of second-position clitics in Old Bulgarian is proposed that implicates a switch in the parameter of headedness of TP.