distinguish

verbs

mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
is derived from
distinction
detect with the senses
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
"His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
differentiate, distinguish, mark
make conspicuous or noteworthy
distinguish, signalise, signalize
identify as in botany or biology, for example
describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name