[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality:The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.", "to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately:to discriminate between things."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate:a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.", "to note or distinguish as different:He can discriminate minute variations in tone."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["marked by discrimination ;making or evidencing nice distinctions:discriminate people; discriminate judgments."]}]