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verb (v)

• detect with the senses(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
  

  source: wordnet30
• To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.(verb)

  source: webster1913