1.
If something is ~ from other things, it has a quality or feature which makes it possible for you to recognize it and see that it is different.
...features that make their products ~ from those of their rivals...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ from n
2.
If something is ~, you can see or hear it in conditions when it is difficult to see or hear anything.
It was getting light and shapes were more ~.
= discernible
ADJ: v-link ADJ