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
BehİYe-Turkish
Nita (2)-Native American, Choctaw
Solomon['sɔləmən]
WielisŁAwvye-LEE-swahfPolish
AslØG-Danish
HipÓLitoee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese