distinguish
Synonyms:
difference, differentiate, discern, discriminate, secern, separate.
Antonyms:
confuse, mistake, mix (up).
Related Words:
admire, analyze, categorize, characterize, detect, determine, differentiate, discover, divide, identify, know, notice, perceive, qualify, read, recognize, see.
Related Phrase:
figure out.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Distinguish, differentiate, and discriminate suggest an attempt to analyze characteristic features or qualities of things.
To distinguish is to recognize the characteristic features belonging to a thing:
to distinguish a light cruiser from a heavy cruiser.
To discriminate is to perceive the particular, nice, or exact differences between things, to determine wherein these differences consist, and to estimate their significance:
to discriminate prejudiced from unprejudiced testimony.
To differentiate is to point out exactly and in detail the differences between (usually) two things:
The symptoms of both diseases are so similar that it is hard to differentiate one from another.
Origin:
1555–65; extension, by -ish2, of Middle English disting(u)en (<Anglo-French, Middle French distinguer ) <Latin distinguere; see distinct. British dictionary: C16: from Latin distinguere to separate, discriminate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of distinguish: 15th century. History and Etymology for distinguish: alteration of Middle English distinguen, from Anglo-French distinguer, from Latin distinguere, literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere (akin to Latin instigare to urge on) — more at stick. —Merriam-Webster.
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Added: 4 September 2020 {9:22 PM}
difference, differentiate, discern, discriminate, secern, separate.
Antonyms:
confuse, mistake, mix (up).
Related Words:
admire, analyze, categorize, characterize, detect, determine, differentiate, discover, divide, identify, know, notice, perceive, qualify, read, recognize, see.
Related Phrase:
figure out.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Distinguish, differentiate, and discriminate suggest an attempt to analyze characteristic features or qualities of things.
To distinguish is to recognize the characteristic features belonging to a thing:
to distinguish a light cruiser from a heavy cruiser.
To discriminate is to perceive the particular, nice, or exact differences between things, to determine wherein these differences consist, and to estimate their significance:
to discriminate prejudiced from unprejudiced testimony.
To differentiate is to point out exactly and in detail the differences between (usually) two things:
The symptoms of both diseases are so similar that it is hard to differentiate one from another.
Origin:
1555–65; extension, by -ish2, of Middle English disting(u)en (<Anglo-French, Middle French distinguer ) <Latin distinguere; see distinct. British dictionary: C16: from Latin distinguere to separate, discriminate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of distinguish: 15th century. History and Etymology for distinguish: alteration of Middle English distinguen, from Anglo-French distinguer, from Latin distinguere, literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere (akin to Latin instigare to urge on) — more at stick. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 4 September 2020 {9:22 PM}