Discriminates vs Baldist - What's the difference?
discriminates | baldist |
(discriminate)
To make distinctions.
To make decisions based on prejudice.
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
* Barrow
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
(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)
* 1993 Theatre record , Volume 13, Issues 10-19, p747
* 2003 David Langford & John Grant, Earthdoom!, p128
As a verb discriminates
is .As a noun baldist is
(humorous) one who discriminates against bald or balding men.discriminates
English
Verb
(head)discriminate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Since he was colorblind he was unable to discriminate between the blue and green bottles.
- The law prohibits discriminating against people based on their skin color.
- (Cowper)
- 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 * differentiateDerived terms
* discriminative * discriminatoryAdjective
(en adjective)- (Francis Bacon)
External links
* * ----baldist
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Elaine, have you ever gone out with a bald man?" / "No." / "You know what that makes you? A baldist ."
- We must speak only of the Follicley Challenged to avoid being branded a baldist [...]
- 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.