discernment vs trend

discernment and trend both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of discernment include connoisseurship, vertu, virtu, style, vogue, delicacy, discretion, culture.

discernment (noun)	trend (noun)
the trait of judging wisely and objectively	a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations	the popular taste at a given time
the cognitive condition of someone who understands	general line of orientation
perception of that which is obscure	a general direction in which something tends to move
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

discernment (verb)	trend (verb)
	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
	to be temporarily popular