All 4 Uses of
discriminate
in
Jane Eyre
- I listened long: suddenly I discovered that my ear was wholly intent on analysing the mingled sounds, and trying to discriminate amidst the confusion of accents those of Mr. Rochester; and when it caught them, which it soon did, it found a further task in framing the tones, rendered by distance inarticulate, into words.†
Chpt 17
- It is not a thing to be used indiscriminately, but it is good upon occasion: as now, for instance.†
Chpt 20 *
- I put out my hand to feel the dark mass before me: I discriminated the rough stones of a low wall — above it, something like palisades, and within, a high and prickly hedge.†
Chpt 28 *
- As his curate, his comrade, all would be right: I would cross oceans with him in that capacity; toil under Eastern suns, in Asian deserts with him in that office; admire and emulate his courage and devotion and vigour; accommodate quietly to his masterhood; smile undisturbed at his ineradicable ambition; discriminate the Christian from the man: profoundly esteem the one, and freely forgive the other.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(discriminate as in: discriminating taste) to recognize or perceive differences -- especially fine distinctions
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(discriminate as in: suffered discrimination) to treat people of different groups differently -- especially unfair treatment due to race, religion or gender