discriminate



discriminate against someone or something

to single out a type of person or thing for special negative treatment or denial of equal treatment; to act in a prejudicial manner against someone or something. This law discriminates against short people. You discriminate against people in wheelchairs.
See also: discriminate

discriminate between

someone and someone else or something and something else to distinguish between people or between things. I find it hard these days to discriminate between my friends and my enemies. Can you discriminate between this shade of pink and that one?
See also: discriminate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aphroditea-frə-DIE-tee (English)Greek Mythology
Dagm&Aelig;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Gianninojahn-NEE-noItalian
AslØG-Danish
MarshallMAHR-shəlEnglish
Gwilherm-Breton