secern

An obsolete verb meaning to distinguish or discriminate between things; to separate or set apart.

• 🇪🇸Verbo anticuado que significa distinguir o establecer una diferencia entre cosas; separar o aislar.

1. Distinguish or differentiate C2 formal

   To recognize or mark as different; to separate or set apart.

   • The expert could secern the subtle differences between the two paintings.
   • It is important to secern fact from fiction in historical accounts.
   • The scientist used a microscope to secern the various cell types.

   🇪🇸Distinguir o diferenciar

   Sinónimos: differentiatediscriminatedistinguishseparateset aparttell apart

   Antónimos: blurconfuseminglemix

• secerned past participle
• secerned past simple
• secern present participle
• secerns third person singular