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Judging vs Discerning - What's the difference?

judging | discerning |

As verbs the difference between judging and discerning

is that judging is present participle of lang=en while discerning is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between judging and discerning

is that judging is the act of making a judgment while discerning is discernment.

As an adjective discerning is

of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.

judging

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a judgment.
  • * 2004 , Dale Jacquette, The Cambridge Companion to Brentano (page 75)
    • It is the contrasts between blind and self-evident judgings and between blind and correct affective attitudes which provide Brentano with the beginnings of an account of the dynamics of the mind which involves more than merely causal claims.

    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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