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Discriminates vs Baldist - What's the difference?

discriminates | baldist |

As a verb discriminates

is .

As a noun baldist is

(humorous) one who discriminates against bald or balding men.

discriminates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (discriminate)

  • discriminate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make distinctions.
  • Since he was colorblind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
  • To make decisions based on prejudice.
  • The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
  • To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
  • (Cowper)
  • * Barrow
  • To discriminate the goats from the sheep.

    Usage notes

    Due to the strong pejorative connotations of sense of “decide based on prejudice”, care should be taken in using the term in the sense “distinguish, make distinctions”, and this sense is primarily used in formal discourse; synonyms are generally used instead.

    Synonyms

    (make distinctions) * distinguish * differentiate

    Derived terms

    * discriminative * discriminatory

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    baldist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (humorous) One who discriminates against bald or balding men
  • * 1991 Larry David, Bob Shaw & Don McEnery, "The Tape," Seinfeld, Season 3, Episode 8 (first aired 13 November, 1991), spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (played by Jerry Seinfeld)
  • "Elaine, have you ever gone out with a bald man?" / "No." / "You know what that makes you? A baldist ."
  • * 1993 Theatre record , Volume 13, Issues 10-19, p747
  • We must speak only of the Follicley Challenged to avoid being branded a baldist [...]
  • * 2003 David Langford & John Grant, Earthdoom!, p128
  • The absence of an anti-baldist organisation also did not concern him; he had a full head of very long thick hair which was normally tied back in a horse's tail.