discern

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To perceive differences.

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