Discriminating

discriminating
    adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
           especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye
           of the connoisseur" [ant: {indiscriminating},
           {undiscriminating}]
    2: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
       distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
       politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning";
       "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating
       insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: {acute},
       {discriminating}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike},
       {penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
    

Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Discriminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discriminating}.]
   To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
   separate from another by discerning differences; to
   distinguish. --Cowper.
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         To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.
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Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
   1. Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
      {Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly}, adv.
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            And finds with keen discriminating sight,
            Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white.
                                                  --Canning.
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   2. making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to
      quality or accuracy; as, a discriminating observer.

   Syn: discerning, perspicacious. [PJC]

   3. having a refined taste or excellent judgment; as, a
      discriminating taste.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "discriminating":
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      characteristic, characterizing, choicy, choosing, choosy,
      circumspect, civilized, conscientious, considerate, constituent,
      contrastive, critical, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate,
      diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential,
      differentiative, discerning, discreet, discriminate,
      discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, eclectic, elective,
      electoral, elegant, enlightened, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine,
      fussy, graceful, gracile, gracious, idiosyncratic, individualizing,
      individuating, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, keen, meticulous,
      nice, particular, peculiar, perceptive, perfectionistic,
      personalizing, picky, polished, politic, precise, precisianistic,
      priggish, provident, prudent, prudential, prudish, punctilious,
      puristic, puritanic, refined, reflecting, reflective, scrupulous,
      select, selecting, selective, sensitive, separative, sophisticated,
      strict, subtle, tactful, thoughtful, well-advised, well-judged,
      wise