1. distinguish - verb
· mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Synonym(s): separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell_apart
2. distinguish - 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"
Synonym(s): spot, recognize, recognise, discern, pick_out, make_out, tell_apart
3. distinguish - verb
· be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
Synonym(s): mark, differentiate
Hypernym(s): qualify, characterize, characterise
4. distinguish - verb
· make conspicuous or noteworthy
Synonym(s): signalize, signalise
Hypernym(s): mark
5. distinguish - verb
· identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonym(s): identify, discover, key, key_out, describe, name
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