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English to English verb
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mark as different |  | Example: We distinguish several kinds of maple
source: wordnet30
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detect with the senses |  | Example: The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can't make out the faces in this photograph
source: wordnet30
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be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense |  | Example: His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
source: wordnet30
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make conspicuous or noteworthy |  | source: wordnet30
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identify as in botany or biology, for example |  | source: wordnet30
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Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic. |  | source: webster1913
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To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle. |  | source: webster1913
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