is a specific kind of: identify, place.

is a broader term that covers: know | discriminate, know apart | label | label | sex | individualise, individualize | contrast | have the distinction | severalise, severalize | contradistinguish | decouple, dissociate | demarcate | discriminate, separate, single out | stratify ... show more.

entailment: compare.

derivation: difference | differentiation, distinction | departure, deviation, difference, divergence | differentiator, discriminator.