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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

  1. verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
  2. verb To disagree with someone.

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.

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