Definition of distinguish

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• distinguish is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• distinguish is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• distinguish is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of distinguish

• identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. describe
  2. discover
  3. identify
  4. key
  5. key out
  6. name
• detect with the senses (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. discern
  2. make out
  3. pick out
  4. recognise
  5. recognize
  6. spot
  7. tell apart
• mark as different (verb)

  Examples

  1. We distinguish several kinds of maple

  Synonyms

  1. differentiate
  2. secern
  3. secernate
  4. separate
  5. severalise
  6. severalize
  7. tell
  8. tell apart
• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense (verb)

  Examples

  1. His modesty distinguishes him from his peers

  Synonyms

  1. differentiate
  2. mark
• make conspicuous or noteworthy (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. signalise
  2. signalize

See definition of distinguish in Merriam Webster