Discriminating vs Subtile - What's the difference?
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Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
Having a discerning judgment or taste
(obsolete) subtle
* 1819 , , The Works of Francis Bacon , volume 2, page 2:
As adjectives the difference between discriminating and subtile
is that discriminating is able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive while subtile is subtle.As a verb discriminating
is present participle of lang=en.discriminating
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)subtile
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Adjective
(en adjective)- And sometimes this perception, in some kind of bodies, is far more subtile than the sense; so that the sense is but a dull thing in comparison of it: we see a weather-glass will find the least difference of the weather, in heat, or cold, when men find it not.