mark as different; We distinguish several kinds of maple

[ Syn: separate , differentiate , secern , secernate , severalize , severalise , tell , tell apart ]

detect with the senses; The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards; I cant make out the faces in this photograph

[ Syn: spot , recognize , recognise , discern , pick out , make out , tell apart ]

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; His modesty distinguishes him from his peers

[ Syn: mark , differentiate ]

make conspicuous or noteworthy

[ Syn: signalize , signalise ]

identify as in botany or biology, for example

[ Syn: identify , discover , key , key out , describe , name ]