Dictionary entry details
• DISTINGUISH (verb)
Meaning:
Mark as different
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; severalise; severalize; tell apart; separate; tell
Context example:
We distinguish several kinds of maple
Hypernyms (to "distinguish" is one way to...):
identify; place (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)
"Distinguish" entails doing...:
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distinguish"):
know (be able to distinguish, recognize as being different)
stratify (divide society into social classes or castes)
discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)
demarcate (separate clearly and as if by boundaries)
decouple; dissociate (regard as unconnected)
contradistinguish (distinguish by contrasting qualities)
severalise; severalize (distinguish or separate)
contrast (put in opposition to show or emphasize differences)
discriminate; know apart (recognize or perceive the difference)
label (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)
label (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)
sex (tell the sex (of young chickens))
individualise; individualize (make or mark or treat as individual)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Detect with the senses
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
make out; discern; tell apart; distinguish; pick out; recognise; recognize
Context examples:
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards / I can't make out the faces in this photograph
"Distinguish" entails doing...:
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distinguish"):
resolve (make clearly visible)
discriminate (distinguish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
differentiate; distinguish; mark
Context example:
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Hypernyms (to "distinguish" is one way to...):
characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distinguish"):
characterise; characterize (be characteristic of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make conspicuous or noteworthy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
distinguish; signalise; signalize
Hypernyms (to "distinguish" is one way to...):
mark (designate as if by a mark)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distinguish"):
singularise; singularize (distinguish as singular)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
key out; key; describe; identify; distinguish; name; discover
"Distinguish" entails doing...:
assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
