DISTINGUISH

v. 1 differentiate, discriminate, tell the difference, tell apart, determine, judge, decide, tell who's who or what's what He is still unable to distinguish between his own twin daughters 2 classify, categorize, characterize, individualize, mark, identify, define, designate, denote, indicate, separate, single out, set apart; grade, group The male is distinguished by his brighter colouring 3 sense, make out, perceive, discern, pick out, recognize, identify, detect, notice; see, espy, descry; hear; smell; taste; feel I could distinguish two people in the dark 4 call attention to, identify, mark, set apart, separate, segregate, indicate, particularize She distinguished herself by her great beauty and her awful voice