Associations to the word «Distinguish»

Wiktionary

DISTINGUISH, verb. To see someone or something as different from others.
DISTINGUISH, verb. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
DISTINGUISH, verb. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
DISTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To make to differ.

Dictionary definition

DISTINGUISH, verb. Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple".
DISTINGUISH, verb. 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, verb. Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers".
DISTINGUISH, verb. Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
DISTINGUISH, verb. Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

Wise words

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates