Usually means: Identify differences between two things.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word distinguish:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. distinguish: Merriam-Webster
  2. distinguish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distinguish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. distinguish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. distinguish: Vocabulary.com
  6. Distinguish, distinguish: Wordnik
  7. distinguish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. distinguish: Wiktionary
  9. distinguish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. distinguish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. distinguish: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. distinguish: Dictionary.com
  13. distinguish: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. distinguish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Distinguish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Distinguish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. distinguish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. distinguish: Rhymezone
  19. distinguish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. distinguish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. distinguish: FreeDictionary.org
  22. distinguish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. distinguish: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. distinguish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. distinguish: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. distinguish: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. distinguish: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. distinguish: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distinguish: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distinguish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
verb:  To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
verb:  (transitive, reflexive) To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
verb:  To confer an honor upon.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.

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