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Discretion vs Perception - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between discretion and perception

is that discretion is the quality of being discreet or circumspect while perception is organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

discretion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being discreet or circumspect.
  • Bob showed great discretion despite his knowledge of the affair.
  • The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
  • The freedom to make one's own judgements.
  • I leave that to your discretion .

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    Derived terms

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    perception

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
  • Conscious understanding of something.
  • Vision (ability )
  • Acuity
  • (cognition ) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
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