English to English
verb
- mark as different
We distinguish several kinds of maple.
source: WordNet 3.0
- detect with the senses
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards.
I can't make out the faces in this photograph.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make conspicuous or noteworthy
source: WordNet 3.0
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
source: WordNet 3.0
- Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
source: Webster 1913
- To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [distíngüish] Mangibá; mamukod; mátangì; kilalanin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
