Antonyms for distinguish
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-sting-gwish |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ |
Definition of distinguish
Origin :- 1560s, from Middle French distinguiss-, stem of distinguer, or directly from Latin distinguere "to separate between, separate by pricking," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + -stinguere "to prick" (see extinguish, and cf. Latin instinguere "to incite, impel").
- The suffix -ish is due to the influence of many verbs in which it is the equivalent of Old French -iss-, ultimately from Latin inchoative suffix -iscere (this is also the case in extinguish, admonish, and astonish). Related: Distinguishing. The earlier form of the verb was distinguen (mid-14c.).
- verb tell the difference
- verb discern, identify
- verb make famous
- Through his glasses Kingozi could distinguish rounded foothills.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- And the word was invented to distinguish the laymen from the clergymen.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- I now put forth my whole speed, and while thus running could distinguish no sound.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Without Ithuriel's spear, how can they distinguish the good from the evil?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians —who are Hogmies.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- It was just growing dusk, and the doctor could not distinguish her features.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Betty was drunk; and she was too young to distinguish between vintages.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It had been too dark for me to distinguish the colours exactly.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The Citizen Morot could not hear the jokes nor distinguish the cause of the groaning.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
Synonyms for distinguish
- acknowledge
- admire
- analyze
- ascertain
- beam
- catch
- categorize
- celebrate
- characterize
- classify
- collate
- decide
- demarcate
- descry
- detect
- determinate
- determine
- diagnose
- diagnosticate
- differentiate
- dig
- dignify
- discover
- discriminate
- divide
- estimate
- extricate
- eye
- eyeball
- figure out
- finger
- flash
- focus
- get a load of
- get an eyeful
- honor
- identify
- immortalize
- individualize
- individuate
- judge
- know
- label
- make out
- mark
- mark off
- name
- note
- notice
- observe
- part
- pay tribute to
- perceive
- pick out
- pick up on
- pinpoint
- place
- praise
- qualify
- read
- recognize
- remark
- see
- select
- separate
- set apart
- set off
- sift
- signalize
- single out
- singularize
- sort out
- specify
- spot
- spy
- tag
- take in
- tell
- tell apart
- tell between
- tell from
- view
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