discretion vs judgment

judgment vs discretion

discretion and judgment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discretion	Yes	No	No	No
judgment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, judgment is a hypernym of discretion; that is, judgment is a word with a broader meaning than discretion:

discretion: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
judgment: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Other hypernyms of discretion include discernment, judgement, sagaciousness, sagacity.

discretion (noun)	judgment (noun)
the trait of judging wisely and objectively	(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies	the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress	the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
refined taste; tact	the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
freedom to act or judge on one's own	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
	an opinion formed by judging something
	the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

Difference between discretion and judgment

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