Able to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions

• selective

  1. Of or characterized by selection; discriminating.
  2. Empowered or tending to select.
  3. Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned.

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  1. Of or characterized by selection; discriminating.
  2. Empowered or tending to select.
  3. Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned.

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• select

  1. To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
  2. To make a choice or selection.
  3. Singled out in preference; chosen:

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  1. To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
  2. To make a choice or selection.
  3. Singled out in preference; chosen:

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• discriminatory

  1. Marked by or showing prejudice; biased.
  2. Making distinctions.

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  1. Marked by or showing prejudice; biased.
  2. Making distinctions.

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• discriminative

  1. Drawing distinctions.
  2. Marked by or showing prejudice:

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  1. Drawing distinctions.
  2. Marked by or showing prejudice:

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• discriminate

  1. To make a clear distinction; distinguish:
  2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
  3. To perceive or notice the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct:

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  1. To make a clear distinction; distinguish:
  2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
  3. To perceive or notice the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct:

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Characterized by careful and exact evaluation

• discerning

  1. Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.

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  1. Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.

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• critical

  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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Discerning

• discriminate

  1. To make a clear distinction; distinguish:
  2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
  3. To perceive or notice the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct:

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  1. To make a clear distinction; distinguish:
  2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
  3. To perceive or notice the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct:

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• astute

  1. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns.

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  1. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns.

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• perspicacious

  1. Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted.

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  1. Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted.

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Differentiating

• individualizing

  1. Present participle of individualize.

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  1. Present participle of individualize.

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• distinguishing

  1. Present participle of distinguish.
  2. That serves to distinguish.

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  1. Present participle of distinguish.
  2. That serves to distinguish.

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• distinctive

  1. Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic:
  2. Distinguished or attractive:
  3. Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.

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  1. Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic:
  2. Distinguished or attractive:
  3. Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.

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Particular

• choosy

  1. Very careful in choosing; highly selective.

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  1. Very careful in choosing; highly selective.

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• finicky

  1. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious:

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  1. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious:

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• fastidious

  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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• selective

  1. Of or characterized by selection; discriminating.
  2. Empowered or tending to select.
  3. Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned.

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  1. Of or characterized by selection; discriminating.
  2. Empowered or tending to select.
  3. Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned.

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