discriminate

Meanings

Verb

• To make distinctions.
• To make decisions based on prejudice.
• To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

Adjective

• Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

Related

Similar words

• disfavor

Opposite words

• favor

Origin

• From Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare, from discrimen, from discerno; see discern, discreet, discrete. Compare crime.