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Discriminating vs Distinctly - What's the difference?

discriminating | distinctly |

As an adjective discriminating

is able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive.

As a verb discriminating

is .

As an adverb distinctly is

in a distinct manner.

discriminating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
  • Having a discerning judgment or taste

    • Verb

    (head)

    • distinctly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a distinct manner.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=17 citation , passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
  • * 2007 , Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant , ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1, p. 192,
    • "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal. "

    Antonyms

    * indistinctly