Distinguish Distinguished Dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ Hard Children Distinguishing Verb Bre

• at what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?
• english law clearly distinguishes between murder and manslaughter.
• it was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.
• sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.

distinguish

1. to recognize the difference between two people or things
• synonym differentiate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/differentiate
• At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?
• English law clearly distinguishes between murder and manslaughter.
• It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.
• Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
• We can distinguish five meanings of the word ‘mad’.
2. to be a characteristic that makes two people, animals or things different
• What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?
• The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.
• Does your cat have any distinguishing marks?
• The power of speech distinguishes human beings from animals.
3. to be able to see or hear something
• synonym differentiate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/differentiate
• I could not distinguish her words, but she sounded agitated.
• She could not distinguish the make and colour of the car in the fading light.
4. to do something so well that people notice and admire you
• She has already distinguished herself as an athlete.

Extra Examples

• It is often difficult to distinguish clearly between fact and fiction in this book.
• She could not distinguish one child from another.
• Small children have difficulty distinguishing fiction from reality.
• The adult bird can be readily distinguished by its orange bill.
• Troops cannot always reliably distinguish between combatants and civilians.
• Retailers should distinguish clearly between full-price and sale items.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they distinguish
• he / she / it distinguishes
• past simple distinguished
• past participle distinguished
• -ing form distinguishing

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: formed irregularly from French distinguer or Latin distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’ (from a base meaning ‘prick’).