Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Discriminate \Dis*crim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Discriminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discriminating}.]
   To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to
   separate from another by discerning differences; to
   distinguish. --Cowper.

         To discriminate the goats from the sheep. --Barrow.

Discriminating \Dis*crim"i*na`ting\, a.
   Marking a difference; distinguishing. --
   {Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly}, adv.

         And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not
         so black; -- nor white so very white.    --Canning.

Source : WordNet®

discriminating
     adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
            especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating
            eye of the connoisseur" [ant: {undiscriminating}]
     2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
        "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: {discriminate}]
        [ant: {indiscriminate}]
     3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
        distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
        politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
        reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
        fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
        observations" [syn: {acute}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike},
         {penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]