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onderscheid — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • difference noun The way in which two or more things are unlike each other.
  • discrimination noun Unfair treatment of a person or group based on characteristics like race, gender, or age.

Senses

onderscheid is used for these senses in English:

  • difference (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
  • discrimination (uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]

difference — full definition

  1. noun The way in which two or more things are unlike each other.
  2. noun A disagreement between people.
  3. noun The result you get by subtracting one number from another.
  4. noun A meaningful effect or change on a situation.

discrimination — full definition

  1. noun Unfair treatment of a person or group based on characteristics like race, gender, or age.
  2. noun The ability to notice fine differences between things.

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