Incisive vs Discriminating - What's the difference?
incisive | discriminating | Related terms |
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 Intelligently analytical and concise.
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
* G. Eliot
* Mrs. Browning
(anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
Having a discerning judgment or taste
Incisive is a related term of discriminating.
As adjectives the difference between incisive and discriminating
is that incisive is quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright while discriminating is able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive.As a verb discriminating is
.incisive
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive .}}
- An incisive , high voice.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
