discern

percibir, distinguir

Notar o reconocer algo que no es fácil de ver o comprender.

En inglés sencillo: To notice or recognize something that is not easy to see or understand.

• I could barely discern her face.
• They discerned a pattern in the results.
• Can you discern any meaning in these marks?

Cómo se usa: discern something in something (I could discern a faint shape in the fog.)

Sinónimos: detect, perceive, make out

Expresiones frecuentes: discern a pattern, discern something in something, discern an outline

distinguir, diferenciar

Reconocer la diferencia entre dos cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To recognize the difference between two things.

• Can you discern truth from lies?
• She discerned the genuine signature from the fake one.
• They struggled to discern between the two types of stone.

Cómo se usa: discern A from B (Children learn to discern right from wrong.); discern between A and B (It is difficult to discern between fact and opinion here.)

Sinónimos: distinguish, differentiate, tell apart

Expresiones frecuentes: discern right from wrong, discern between things