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  • Definition
    • distinguish :mark as different
      • We distinguish several kinds of maple

    • distinguish :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

    • distinguish :be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
      • His modesty distinguishes him from his peers

    • distinguish :make conspicuous or noteworthy

      • distinguish :identify as in botany or biology, for example

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