Perception
Synonyms for discern
The synonym for discern recorded in this bank is perceive, in the sense "to perceive or make out something with difficulty, especially by sight". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for discern
- perceiveverb, in the sense "to perceive or make out something with difficulty, especially by sight"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and discern carries one sense so far.
to perceive or make out something with difficulty, especially by sight
Through the fog, I could barely discern the shape of the lighthouse.
The true synonym
perceive
Same sentence, swapped: Through the fog, I could barely perceive the shape of the lighthouse.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for discern in the sentence quoted.
- imagine
- predict
- assume
Where discern turns up in the game
discern is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play discern
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so discern reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from perception at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. discern carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.