unterscheiden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- differ verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
- difference noun The way in which two or more things are unlike each other.
- differentiate verb To recognize, show, or create a difference between things.
- discern verb To notice or perceive something, especially something not immediately obvious.
- discriminate verb To treat a person or group unfairly because of a characteristic such as race, age, or gender.
- distinguish verb To recognize the difference between two or more things.
- separate verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
- tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
Senses
unterscheiden is used for these senses in English:
- differ (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
- difference (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
- differentiate (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- differentiate To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- discern (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
- discern (intransitive) To perceive differences.
- discriminate (transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
- distinguish To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
differ — full definition
- verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
- verb To disagree with someone.
difference — full definition
- noun The way in which two or more things are unlike each other.
- noun A disagreement between people.
- noun The result you get by subtracting one number from another.
- noun A meaningful effect or change on a situation.