 distinguish |
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| 1. | [ verb ] mark as different | |
| Synonyms: | separate differentiate tell severalise severalize secernate tell_apart secern | |
| Examples: | "We distinguish several kinds of maple" |
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| Related terms: | identify contrast discriminate contrast label demarcate stratify discriminate label know contradistinguish severalize dissociate individualize sex differentiation differentiator compare | |
| 2. | [ verb ] detect with the senses | |
| Synonyms: | recognize make_out discern pick_out tell_apart recognise | |
| Examples: | "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
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| Related terms: | resolve discriminate discernment perceive | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | |
| Synonyms: | mark differentiate | |
| Examples: | "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers" |
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| Related terms: | qualify characterize mark differentiation marker | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make conspicuous | |
| Synonyms: | signalise signalize | |
| Related terms: | mark singularize signalization | |
| 5. | [ verb ] as in botany or biology, for example | |
| Synonyms: | identify name key describe key_out discover | |
| Related terms: | name identity classify | |
| Similar spelling: |
distinguished distinguishing distinction distinct distinctness |
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