distinguish

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distinguish Definition

• (v) mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
• (v) detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can''t make out the faces in this photograph"
• (v) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"
• (v) make conspicuous or noteworthy
• (v) identify as in botany or biology, for example

distinguish Synonyms

• describe
• differentiate
• discern
• discover
• distinguish
• identify
• key
• key out
• make out
• mark
• name
• pick out
• recognise
• recognize
• secern
• secernate
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• signalise
• signalize
• tell
• tell apart