Difference between Discern and Distinguish

DISCERN vs DISTINGUISH: VERB

To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate.
To perceive differences.
Detect with the senses

Mark as different
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Detect with the senses
Make conspicuous or noteworthy
To see someone or something as different from others.
To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
To make one's self noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
Identify as in botany or biology, for example

To be an identifying characteristic of; make noticeable or different.
To perceive distinctly; discern.
To demonstrate or describe as being different or distinct.
To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible.
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between.
To cause (oneself) to be respected or eminent.
To perceive as being different or distinct.
To perceive or indicate differences; discriminate.

To perceive with the eyes; detect or distinguish.
To recognize or understand as being distinct or different: : see.
To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize.

To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.
To constitute a difference; to make to differ.
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded.
To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

To see; penetrate by the eye.
To perceive a difference or distinction; make or establish a distinction; discriminate: as, to discern between truth and falsehood.
Synonyms and To perceive, recognize, mark, note, espy, descry.
To discover by the intellect; gain knowledge of; become aware of; distinguish.
To see distinctly; separate mentally from the general mass of objects occupying the field of vision; perceive by the eye; descry.
To indicate or constitute the difference between; show the distinction between.
To distinguish; perceive the difference between(two or more things); discriminate.
To have judicial cognizance: with of.

To recognize as different or distinct from what is contiguous or similar; perceive or discover the differences or characteristic marks or qualities of; recognize by some distinctive mark; know or ascertain difference in through the senses or the understanding; perceive or make out.
Hence To establish, state, or explain a difference or the differences between two or more things; separate by classification or definition; discriminate; set off or apart.
To discern critically; judge.
To separate from others by some mark of honor or preference; treat with distinction or honor; make eminent or superior; give distinction to.
To make a distinction; find or show a difference: followed by between.
To become distinct or distinguishable; become differentiated.
To mark or note in a way to indicate difference; mark as distinct or different; characterize; indicate the difference of.
Sometimes in a very positive sense

Find, Disentangle, Detect, Differentiate, Identify, Define, Pinpoint, Understand, Determine, Ascertain, Tell apart, Pick out, Make out, Recognize, Distinguish

Secern, Pick out, Key out, Key, Mark, Name, Signalize, Separate, Tell, Discover, Describe, Recognize, Identify, Discern, Differentiate

Trace, Assess, Find, Disentangle, Detect, Differentiate, Identify, Define, Pinpoint, Understand, Determine, Ascertain, Tell apart, Recognize, Distinguish

Tell apart, Severalize, Secern, Key, Mark, Name, Signalize, Separate, Tell, Discover, Describe, Recognize, Identify, Discern, Differentiate

Ability to discern subtle changes in radiographic density.
Look closely to discern a pattern or structure.
We discern no constitutional defect in the statute.
Such effects are difficult to discern and measure.
Histopathology should be considered to discern questionable lesions.
Christian to discern the divine message in history.
We can only perceive what we can discern, and what we can discern depends upon our means of perception.
When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams.
Could it be the church has not only lost its ability to discern truth from error but also to discern wolves from sheep?
They also were responsible for debriefing POWs to discern relevant intelligence about MIAs and to discern the existence of war crimes committed against them.