distinguish
1. mark as different (Freq. 15)
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
• Syn:
separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize,
severalise, tell, tell apart
• Derivationally related forms:
difference (for: differentiate), differentiation (for: differentiate), differentiator (for: differentiate), distinction
• Hypernyms:
identify, place
• Hyponyms:
know, discriminate, know apart, label, sex,
individualize, individualise, contrast, severalize, severalise, contradistinguish,
decouple, dissociate, demarcate, separate, single out, stratify
• Entailment:
compare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
2. detect with the senses (Freq. 6)
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
• Syn:
spot, recognize, recognise, discern, pick out,
make out, tell apart
• Derivationally related forms:
discernible (for: discern), discernment (for: discern)
• Hyponyms:
resolve, discriminate
• Entailment:
perceive, comprehend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait;
sometimes in a very positive sense (Freq. 3)
- His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
• Syn:
mark, differentiate
• Derivationally related forms:
difference (for: differentiate), differentiation (for: differentiate), mark (for: mark), marker (for: mark)
• Hypernyms:
qualify, characterize, characterise
• Hyponyms:
characterize, characterise
• Verb Group:
mark
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. make conspicuous or noteworthy
• Syn:
signalize, signalise
• Derivationally related forms:
signalisation (for: signalise), signalization (for: signalize), signal (for: signalize)
• Hypernyms:
mark
• Hyponyms:
singularize, singularise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. identify as in botany or biology, for example
• Syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, describe, name
• Derivationally related forms:
name (for: name), naming (for: name), identifiable (for: identify), identification (for: identify), identity (for: identify)
• Entailment:
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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