What does distinguish mean?
Definitions for distinguish
dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃdis·tin·guish
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word distinguish.
Princeton's WordNet
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart(verb)
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart(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, mark, differentiate(verb)
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
"His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
signalize, signalise, distinguish(verb)
make conspicuous or noteworthy
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name(verb)
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Wiktionary
distinguish(Verb)
To see someone or something as different from others.
Etymology: From distingwen, from distinguer, from distinguere, from di- for dis- + *; see sting, stigma, style. Compare extinguish.
distinguish(Verb)
To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
Etymology: From distingwen, from distinguer, from distinguere, from di- for dis- + *; see sting, stigma, style. Compare extinguish.
distinguish(Verb)
To make one's self noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
Etymology: From distingwen, from distinguer, from distinguere, from di- for dis- + *; see sting, stigma, style. Compare extinguish.
Webster Dictionary
Distinguish(verb)
not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic
Distinguish(verb)
to separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low
Distinguish(verb)
to recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum
Distinguish(verb)
to constitute a difference; to make to differ
Distinguish(verb)
to separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for
Distinguish(verb)
to make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle
Distinguish(verb)
to become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Distinguish
dis-ting′gwish, v.t. to mark off, set apart (often with from): to recognise by characteristic qualities: to discern critically: to separate by a mark of honour: to make eminent or known.—v.i. to make or show distinctions or differences, to recognise the difference (with from, between).—adj. Disting′uishable, that may be capable of being distinguished.—adv. Disting′uishably.—p.adj. Disting′uished, illustrious.—n. Disting′uisher.—p.adj. Disting′uishing, peculiar.—n. Disting′uishment (Shak.), distinction. [Through Fr. from L. distinguĕre, distinctum—dis, asunder, stinguĕre, to prick, conn. with Gr. stizein, to mark. See Sting.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'distinguish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4481
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'distinguish' in Verbs Frequency: #485
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of distinguish in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of distinguish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of distinguish in a Sentence
The body doesn't distinguish between 'bad' stress from life or work and 'good' stress caused by game-day excitement.
We've been training our automated systems to distinguish medical masks from non-medical masks and get better at detecting violating content with false urgency and health claims. While our enforcement won't ever be perfect, it will get better with time.
Everyone has a different finger print.... Not to distinguish onself , but to give us an equal opportunity to leave a mark on the world.
A sane may distinguish the true believers in him from the horde of followers by differentiating who TRULY likes his own or others shared thoughts from those who MERELY like the beautiful picture that his quote poster has got.
One of the reasons that our( New Mexico) families are resilient, strong even in the face of extreme poverty and difficulty is because we are open, we integrate well, and we think we can message that about the economy, the wall is not a positive message. So it will give us an opportunity to distinguish ourselves and to talk about that advocacy which we think will be very beneficial.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for distinguish
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تميزArabic
- отличавам, различавамBulgarian
- distingirCatalan, Valencian
- rozlišit, rozeznatCzech
- auszeichnen, erkennen, unterscheidenGerman
- distinguirSpanish
- distinguerFrench
- comharraichScottish Gaelic
- distinguirGalician
- הבחיןHebrew
- अंतर करनाHindi
- զանազանելArmenian
- discernere, distinguersi, distinguereItalian
- 区別, 感知, 目立つJapanese
- განსხვავებაGeorgian
- onderscheidenDutch
- diferenciar, distinguirOccitan
- distinguirPortuguese
- recunoaște, distingeRomanian
- отличиться, отличать, отличаться, отличить, различить, различать, распознавать, распознатьRussian
- распознати, raspoznati, razaznati, разазнатиSerbo-Croatian
- ayırmak, seçmek, ayırt etmekTurkish
- 区分Chinese
Get even more translations for distinguish »
Translation
Find a translation for the distinguish definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"distinguish." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 16 Jan. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/distinguish>.