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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admire, celebrate, characterize, differentiate, dignify, discriminate, honor, immortalize, individualize, mark*, pay tribute to, praise, set apart, signalize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell the difference |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out, finger*, identify, individualize, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark, mark off, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize |
| Synonyms: | bespeak, betoken, brand, check off, demonstrate, denote, designate, distinguish, earmark, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, feature, identify, illustrate, indicate, individualize, individuate, label, manifest, mark off, ostend, point out, point up, proclaim, qualify, remark, set apart, show, show up, signalize, signify, singularize, stake out, stamp |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Main Entry: | individualize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out*, finger*, identify, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark off, mark*, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag*, tell apart, tell between, tell from |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | signalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distinguish |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admire, celebrate, characterize, differentiate, dignify, discriminate, elevate, ennoble, exalt, honor, immortalize, individualize, mark*, pay tribute to, praise, set apart, singularize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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