distinguish

Etymology
From, from , from , from , + , related to 🇨🇬. Compare.

Verb

 * 1) To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
 * 2) To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
 * 3)  To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
 * 4) * 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., P REFACE
 * T HE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
 * 1) To confer an honor upon.
 * 2)  To make to differ.
 * 1)  To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
 * 2) * 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., P REFACE
 * T HE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
 * 1) To confer an honor upon.
 * 2)  To make to differ.
 * 1)  To make to differ.
 * 1)  To make to differ.

Usage notes
In sense “see a difference”, more casual than or the formal ; more casual is “tell the difference”.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: distinguir
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: rozlišit, rozeznat
 * Dalmatian: distenguar
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: განსხვავება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διακρίνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: greina
 * Ingrian: eroittaa
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: internoscō, distinguō, dignoscō
 * Neapolitan: dice
 * Nepali: छुट्ट्याउनु
 * Norman: distîndgi
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old Norse: greina
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: वेवेक्ति
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: распознати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: розрізня́ти, розрізни́ти, відрізня́ти, відрізни́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Norman: distîndgi
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: разазнати
 * Roman:
 * Ukrainian: відрізня́ти, відрізни́ти, розпізнава́ти, розпізна́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:, erottua joukosta
 * French: (se)
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norman: distîndgi
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: comharraich
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: відзнача́тися, відзна́чи́тися


 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: відзнача́ти, відзна́чи́ти