recognition vs discernment

discernment vs recognition

recognition and discernment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, discernment is a hypernym of recognition; that is, discernment is a word with a broader meaning than recognition:

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

Other hypernyms of recognition include apprehension, savvy, understanding.

recognition (noun)	discernment (noun)
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body	the trait of judging wisely and objectively
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid	the cognitive condition of someone who understands
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly	perception of that which is obscure
approval	delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Difference between recognition and discernment

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