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distinguish
verb
1 distinguish
Mark as different:
— We distinguish several kinds of maple.
synonyms: differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart.
Roget 465:
discriminate,
distinguish,
severalize†;
recognize,
match,
identify;
separate;
draw the line,
sift;
separate the chaff from the wheat,
winnow the chaff from the wheat;
separate the men from the boys;
split hairs,
draw a fine line,
nitpick,
quibble.
estimate
etc.
(measure)
466;
know which is which,
know what is what,
know 'a hawk from a handsaw'"
[Hamlet].
take into account,
take into consideration;
give due weight to,
allow due weight to;
weigh carefully.
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Dutch: uiteenhouden, onderscheiden
2 distinguish
Detect with the senses.
synonyms: discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart.
Roget 441:
see,
behold,
discern,
perceive,
have in sight,
descry,
sight,
make out,
discover,
distinguish,
recognize,
spy,
espy,
ken [Scot.];
get a sight of,
have a sight of,
catch a sight of,
get a glimpse of,
have a glimpse of,
catch a glimpse of;
command a view of;
witness,
contemplate,
speculate;
cast the eyes on,
set the eyes on;
be a spectator of
etc.
444;
look on
etc.
(be present)
186;
see sights
etc.
(curiosity)
455;
see at a glance
etc.
(intelligence)
498.
look,
view,
eye;
lift up the eyes,
open one's eye;
look at,
look on,
look upon,
look over,
look about one,
look round;
survey,
scan,
inspect;
run the eye over,
run the eye through;
reconnoiter,
glance round,
glance on,
glance over turn one's looks upon,
bend one's looks upon;
direct the eyes to,
turn the eyes on,
cast a glance.
observe
etc.
(attend to)
457;
watch
etc.
(care)
459;
see with one's own eyes;
watch for
etc.
(expect)
507;
peep,
peer,
pry,
take a peep;
play at bopeep†.
look full in the face,
look hard at,
look intently;
strain one's eyes;
fix the eyes upon,
rivet the eyes upon;
stare,
gaze;
pore over,
gloat on;
leer,
ogle,
glare;
goggle;
cock the eye,
squint,
gloat,
look askance.
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Dutch: onderscheiden, onderkennen
3 distinguish
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense:
— His modesty distinguishes him from his peers.
synonyms: differentiate, mark.
4 distinguish
5 distinguish
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distinguishing
adjective
Roget 15:
differing
etc.
v.;
different,
diverse,
heterogeneous,
multifarious,
polyglot;
distinguishable,
dissimilar;
varied,
modified;
diversified,
various,
divers,
all manner of,
all kinds of;
variform
etc.
81;
daedal†.
other,
another,
not the same;
unequal
etc.
28.
unmatched;
widely apart,
poles apart,
distinctive;
characteristic,
discriminative,
distinguishing.
incommensurable,
incommensurate.
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Moby thesaurus: accurate, appreciative, characteristic, characterizing, contrastive, critical, delicate, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential, differentiative, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, exact, exemplary, fastidious, fine, idiosyncratic, individualizing, individuating, natural, naturalistic, nice, normal, peculiar, personalizing, precise, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular, sample, selective, sensitive, separative, subtle, tactful, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, usual ... show more.
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