DISTINGUISHES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Verb

detect with the senses

Example: The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards; I can't make out the faces in this photograph

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Verb

mark as different

Example: We distinguish several kinds of maple

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait

Example: sometimes in a very positive sense; His modesty distinguishes him from his peers

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

make conspicuous or noteworthy