To distinguish means to tell apart. If you win the lottery, you’re going to need to learn to distinguish between people who really like you and people who like your money.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
Verb
mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Verb
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"
Verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
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make conspicuous or noteworthy
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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. t.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make
distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by
some characteristic.
v. t.
To separate by definition of terms or logical
division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish
sounds into high and low.
v. t.
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or
characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate
(anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to
distinguish the sound of a drum.
v. t.
To constitute a difference; to make to differ.
v. t.
To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make
eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.
v. i.
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference;
to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes
between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.
v. i.
To become distinguished or distinctive; to make
one's self or itself discernible.
Distinguish
Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face.
Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine.2.
Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth.3.
We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood.
Nor more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show.4.
Who distinguisheth thee?5.
Distinguish
The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between;
Usage Examples
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement, whether it's directed towards the environment, poverty, water as a resource or causes such as breast cancer or education. Merely declaring your commitment to a category or cause will not be enough the distinguish your brand sufficiently to see a return on these well-intended efforts.
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
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Other Usage ExamplesWithout feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.
By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms.
When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.
I simply do not distinguish between work and play.
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