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distinguish
Overview of verb distinguish
The verb distinguish has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (17) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")
2. (6) recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart -- (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")
3. (3) distinguish, mark, differentiate -- (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers")
4. signalize, signalise, distinguish -- (make conspicuous or noteworthy)
5. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name -- (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
Grep of noun distinguish
distinguished conduct medal
distinguished flying cross
distinguished service cross
distinguished service medal
distinguished service order
distinguishing characteristic
Antonyms of verb distinguish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distinguish
5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
=> identify, place
=> determine, set
Sense 2
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
=> remember, think of
Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> mark
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 5
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distinguish
4 of 5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
=> know
=> discriminate, know apart
=> label
=> label
=> sex
=> individualize, individualise
=> contrast
=> severalize, severalise
=> contradistinguish
=> decouple, dissociate
=> demarcate
=> discriminate, separate, single out
=> stratify
Sense 2
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
=> resolve
=> discriminate
Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
=> characterize, characterise
Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> singularize, singularise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distinguish
5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
=> identify, place
Sense 2
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> mark
Sense 5
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
'Cause To' of verb distinguish
Derived Forms of verb distinguish
1 of 5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
RELATED TO>(noun) distinction#1
=> differentiation, distinction
Domain of verb distinguish
Domain Terms of verb distinguish
Familiarity of verb distinguish
distinguish used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb distinguish
5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 2
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb distinguish
3 of 5 senses of distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
> identify, place
=> distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
> qualify, characterize, characterise
=> distinguish, mark, differentiate
=> stamp
Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
> mark
=> blaze
=> dimension
=> signpost
=> signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> buoy
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb distinguish
Sense 1
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
=> identify, place
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Sense 2
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
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Sense 3
distinguish, mark, differentiate
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
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Sense 4
signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> mark
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Sense 5
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
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Grep of verb distinguish
contradistinguish
distinguish
Grep of adj distinguish
distinguishable
distinguished
distinguishing
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