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Injudicious vs Discerning - What's the difference?

injudicious | discerning |

As adjectives the difference between injudicious and discerning

is that injudicious is showing poor judgement; not well judged while discerning is of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.

As a verb discerning is

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As a noun discerning is

discernment.

injudicious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing poor judgement; not well judged.
  • * 1748 , David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding , section 3, ยง 18:
    • By introducing, into any composition, personages and actions, foreign to each other, an injudicious author loses that communication of emotions,
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    • Synonyms

    * imprudent * unwise

    Antonyms

    * judicious

    Derived terms

    * injudiciously

    discerning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.

    • Related terms

    * discern

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • discernment
  • * 1605 , , I. iv. 224:
    • Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied

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