verb
ADVERB
▪ clearly , sharply
▪ carefully
▪ easily , readily
▪
The adult bird can be readily ~ed by its orange bill.
▪ accurately , reliably
▪
Troops cannot always reliably ~ between combatants and civilians.
VERB + DISTINGUISH
▪ be able to , can , could , etc.
▪ be unable to
▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be impossible to , be possible to
▪ be important to , be necessary to
▪
It is important to ~ between cause and effect.
PREPOSITION
▪ between
▪
It is often difficult to ~ clearly between fact and fiction in this book.
▪ from
▪
She could not ~ one child from another.
PHRASES
▪ have difficulty ~ing , have difficulty in ~ing , have trouble ~ing
▪
Small children have difficulty ~ing fiction from reality.
Distinguish is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ feature
Distinguish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ category , ↑ shape , ↑ type