to distinguish

Определение to distinguish в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: distinct; discriminate; severalize; To see someone or something clearly or distinctly; To see someone or something as different from others; To make one's self noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments
THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the ﬁrﬅ diﬅinc‍tion, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfec‍tion; and diﬅinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.; pick out
The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of look-alikes.; Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic; {v} to make a distinction, make eminent, note, discern, perceive; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"; To make ones self noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments; To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum; mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers; Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between; To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible; To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; with by or for; If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect. There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices. = discern; 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"; If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important. Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye; To tell apart; To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle; If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. Could he distinguish right from wrong? Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments; identify as in botany or biology, for example; A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality. There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms The bird has no distinguishing features; To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low; Distinguish means to tell the difference between two or more things; mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers; Asks candidates to demonstrate a clear understanding of similar terms; {f} mark as different; see as different; differentiate; discern, recognize; To constitute a difference; to make to differ; to tell the difference between; make conspicuous or noteworthy