discernment vs realisation

realisation vs discernment

discernment and realisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discernment	Yes	No	No	No
realisation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, realisation is a hyponym of discernment; that is, realisation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than discernment:

discernment: the cognitive condition of someone who understands
realisation: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

Other hyponyms of discernment include comprehension, self-knowledge, smattering, appreciation, grasp, hold, grasping, hindsight, brainstorm, brainwave, insight, realization, recognition, half-consciousness.

discernment (noun)	realisation (noun)
the trait of judging wisely and objectively	making real or giving the appearance of reality
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations	a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
the cognitive condition of someone who understands	something that is made real or concrete
perception of that which is obscure	the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
	a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer

Difference between discernment and realisation

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