distinguish

• distinguish

distinguish

Verb

mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

Synonyms:

• distinguish
• separate
• differentiate
• secern
• secernate
• severalize
• severalise
• tell
• tell apart

Verb

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"

Synonyms:

• spot
• recognize
• recognise
• distinguish
• discern
• pick out
• make out
• tell apart

Verb

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

Synonyms:

• distinguish
• mark
• differentiate

Verb

make conspicuous or noteworthy

Synonyms:

• signalize
• signalise
• distinguish

Verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonyms:

• identify
• discover
• key
• key out
• distinguish
• describe
• name