Discern and Tell

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Discern

Discern verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Tell is a synonym for discern in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Discern", when it comes to topics like same.

Nearby Words: discerning, discernment, discernible

Tell

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

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Discern is a synonym for tell in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Discern" instead a verb "Tell", if it concerns topics such as same, ascertain.

Nearby Words: telling, teller

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girl	discern girl	tell girl
friend	discern friend	tell friend
truth	discern truth	tell truth
name	discern name	tell name
Other words: future, time, world, location, difference, feelings, gender, lies, secrets.

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You could be a figment of someone else's imagination, and you could never tell — as you'd have no frame of reference from which to discern how this was different from actually existing.

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Other
It's very hard to tell what species some of them are meant to be without being told (Arloest is a panda; Farrago is a ferret; it's hard enough to tell them apart, let alone discern their respective species).

Source: Only Six Faces
Also, they and all their kind have such perfect control over their emotions, they can tell lies that no supernatural power can discern as falsehoods.

Source: Properly Paranoid

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