Distinguish (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 3
Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 5
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.