Main entry: tell, tell apart, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize
Definition: mark as different
Usage: We distinguish several kinds of maple
Main entry: mark, distinguish, differentiate
Definition: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Usage: His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Main entry: discover, distinguish, describe, identify, key, key out, name
Definition: identify as in botany or biology, for example
Main entry: signalise, signalize, distinguish
Definition: make conspicuous or noteworthy
Main entry: tell apart, spot, pick out, recognise, recognize, make out, distinguish, discern
Definition: detect with the senses
Usage: The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards; I can't make out the faces in this photograph