Exploit vs Discriminate - What's the difference?
exploit | discriminate |
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
An achievement.
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
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.
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Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
In lang=en terms the difference between exploit and discriminate
is that exploit is to use for one’s own advantage while discriminate is to set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.As verbs the difference between exploit and discriminate
is that exploit is to use for one’s own advantage while discriminate is to make distinctions.As a noun exploit
is a heroic or extraordinary deed.As an adjective discriminate is
having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.exploit
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* take advantage of,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)