Discernment vs. Insight — What's the Difference?

Discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well (or the activity of so doing). In the case of judgement, discernment can be psychological, moral or aesthetic in nature.

Insight is the understanding of a specific cause and effect within a particular context. The term insight can have several related meanings: a piece of information the act or result of understanding the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively (called noesis in Greek) an introspection the power of acute observation and deduction, discernment, and perception, called intellection or noesis An understanding of cause and effect based on the identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario (see artificial intelligence)An insight that manifests itself suddenly, such as understanding how to solve a difficult problem, is sometimes called by the German word Aha-Erlebnis.

The ability to judge well

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something

The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.

The ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition.

Keenness of insight and judgment.

A perception produced by this ability.

The ability to distinguish; judgement.

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.

The act of distinguishing between things.

Power of acute observation and deduction

The ability to distinguish between things.

(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers

The ability to perceive differences that exist.

Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.

The condition of understanding.

(artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.

Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.

(psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

Perceptiveness.

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; - frequently used with into.

The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.

Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.

Discretion in judging objectively.

Clear or deep perception of a situation

The act of discerning.

A feeling of understanding

The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

The cognitive condition of someone who understands;

Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);

Perception of that which is obscure

Ability to make good judgments

The trait of judging wisely and objectively;