All 4 Uses of
discriminate
in
The Waves
- 'In a world which contains the present moment,' said Neville, 'why discriminate?†
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- Now I could swear that I like people pouring profusely out of the Tube when the day's work is done, unanimous, indiscriminate, uncounted.†
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- I am a traveller, a pedlar, paying for my lodging with a ballad; I am an indiscriminate, an easily pleased guest; often putting up in the best room in a four-poster; then lying in a barn on a haystack.†
- Yet I am not so indiscriminate as you think, judging me—as you judge me—from my fluency.†
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