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distinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| Has types | discriminate, resolve |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| Type of | identify, place |
| Has types | stratify, contradistinguish, contrast, decouple, demarcate, discriminate, dissociate, have the distinction, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, separate, severalise, severalize, sex, single out |
| Derivation | distinction |
We distinguish several kinds of maple.
distinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | differentiate, mark |
| Type of | qualify, characterize, characterise |
| Has types | characterize, characterise |
| Verb group | mark |
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers.
distinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | signalise, signalize |
| Type of | mark |
| Has types | singularize, singularise |
Examples of distinguish
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The name includes Lake County to distinguish it from a Red Hills area in Oregon.
From the sfgate.com
When you reread, you will be able to better distinguish the gems from the tripe.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It struck me as an opportunity for one of the candidates to distinguish himself.
From the economist.com
The word has precisely no ability to distinguish Android phones from any others.
From the guardian.co.uk
We have lost the ability to distinguish between what is gossip and what is news.
From the guardian.co.uk
Attendees will also learn to distinguish between warranted and unwarranted fear.
From the al.com
So Democrats think they will distinguish themselves by thwarting his nomination.
From the washingtontimes.com
Still, this event needed him to distinguish it in the larger sporting landscape.
From the sltrib.com
It provides details that distinguish between objects of similar color and shape.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- Spot: 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"
- Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
- Signalize: make conspicuous or noteworthy
- Identify: identify as in botany or biology, for example
- (distinguished) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"
- (distinguished) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
- In law, to distinguish a case means to contrast the facts of the case before the court from the facts of a case of precedent where there is an apparent similarity. By successfully distinguishing a case, the holding or legal reasoning of the earlier case will either not apply or will be limited.
- 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
