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Discriminating vs Subtile - What's the difference?

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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

English

Adjective

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

    (head)
  • subtile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) subtle
  • * 1819 , , The Works of Francis Bacon , volume 2, page 2:
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * subtile body