Perception vs Discernment - What's the difference?
perception | discernment |
Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
Conscious understanding of something.
Vision (ability )
Acuity
(cognition ) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
The ability to distinguish; judgement.
Discrimination.
To distinguish between things.
To perceive differences that exist.
The condition of understanding.
Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
Perceptiveness.
The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
Discretion in judging objectively.