Distinguish - Definition

v 1: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
[syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern,
secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell
apart]
2: 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" [syn: spot, recognize,
recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make
out, tell apart]
3: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a
very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his
peers" [syn: distinguish, mark, differentiate]
4: make conspicuous or noteworthy [syn: signalize,
signalise, distinguish]
5: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name]