distinguish

Meanings

• mark as different
  • "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
• detect with the senses
• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
  • "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
• make conspicuous or noteworthy
• identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonyms

describe, differentiate, discern, discover, identify, key, key out, make out, mark, name, pick out, recognise, recognize, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, signalise, signalize, spot, tell, tell apart