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- 1. recognize or treat (someone or something) as different: "the child is perfectly capable of distinguishing reality from fantasy" Similar
- 2. manage to discern (something barely perceptible): "it was too dark to distinguish anything more than their vague shapes" Similar
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DISTINGUISH definition: 1. to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem…. Learn more.
To distinguish is to discern, which means to perceive or recognize the way something differs from what’s around it. It takes discerning taste buds to distinguish between Coke and Pepsi. Distinguish also means to separate yourself out from the pack, usually in a good way.
The meaning of DISTINGUISH is to perceive a difference in : mentally separate. How to use distinguish in a sentence.
To distinguish is to recognize the characteristic features belonging to a thing: to distinguish a light cruiser from a heavy cruiser. To discriminate is to perceive the particular, nice, or exact differences between things, to determine wherein these differences consist, and to estimate their significance: to discriminate prejudiced from ...
Definition of distinguish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To distinguish is to recognize differences based on characteristic features or qualities: to distinguish a light cruiser from a heavy cruiser. To differentiate is to find and point out the exact differences in detail: The symptoms of both diseases are so similar that it is hard to differentiate one from the other.
1. If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. [...] 2. A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality. [...]
distinguish. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dis‧tin‧guish /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ S3 W3 verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people SYN differentiate distinguish between His attorney argued that Cope could not distinguish between right and wrong ...
to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another: distinguish between He's color-blind and can't distinguish (the difference) between red and green easily. distinguish someone/something from someone/something I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese.
verb. distinguished, distinguishes, distinguishing. To perceive as being different or distinct. Can you distinguish a pattern in this behavior? American Heritage. To make a distinction ( between or among) Webster's New World. To perceive clearly; recognize plainly by any of the senses. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
