distinguish
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ/
▶verb
- 1 recognize, show, or treat as different.
■ (distinguish between) perceive or point out a difference between.
■ (often as adj. distinguishing) be an identifying characteristic of.
- 2 manage to discern (something barely perceptible).
- 3 (distinguish oneself) make oneself worthy of respect.
– derivatives
distinguishable adjective.
distinguishable adjective.
– origin C16: formed irregularly from Fr. distinguer or L. distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’.
'distinguish' also found in these Oxford entries:
chaff
- colour
- colour-blind
- confused
- cut
- diacritic
- diagnosis
- difference
- differentiate
- diorite
- discriminate
- distinct
- enharmonic
- fascination
- fils
- indiscernible
- individuate
- mark
- may
- moral sense
- nominal definition
- palate
- père
- phoneme
- pick
- point
- racism
- resolve
- resolving power
- retronym
- secondary sexual characteristics
- separate
- thegn
- Third World
- unpointed
- upsilon
