Discernible

Webster Collegiate

Function:

   verb 

Etymology:

   Middle English, from Middle French discerner, from Latin discernere to separate, distinguish between, from dis- apart + cernere to sift — more at dis-, certain

Date:

   14th century

transitive verb

1:

  a: to detect with the eyes <discerned a figure approaching through the fog> 
  b: to detect with senses other than vision <discerned a strange odor>

2:

  to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : discriminate <discern right from wrong>

3:

  to come to know or recognize mentally <unable to discern his motives>

intransitive verb:

  to see or understand the difference