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distinguish
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1. Recognize or treat (someone or something) as different.
She couldn't distinguish which one it was.
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2. Recognize or point out a difference.
The species are distinguished using internal and external features.
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3. Be an identifying characteristic or mark of.
Certain characteristics distinguish one type of print from another.
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4. Manage to discern (something barely perceptible)
I squinted into the darkness, barely distinguishing anything.
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5. (distinguish oneself) Make oneself worthy of respect by one's behaviour or achievements.
Some Korean restaurants are distinguishing themselves by their decor.
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1. Late 16th century formed irregularly from French distinguer or Latin distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’ (from a base meaning ‘prick’).
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