You should distinguish between right and wrong.
Source: tatoeba (15940)
Distinguish
//dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ//
Synonyms for "distinguish" (182 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (91)
know againlay eyes onlook onlook uponmagnifymakemake a distinctionmake outmarkmark offmark outmark the interfacemodifynailnotenoticeobservepartparticularizepeg
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13 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
14 entriesentails
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44 entriesShowing 16 of 44 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- dallo verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- dukem verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- pikas verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- vre verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διακρίνω verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Armenian
1 entries- զանազանել verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Asturian
1 entries- distinguir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отлича́вам verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- различа́вам verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Catalan
2 entries- distingir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distingir verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 區別 /区别 verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- 辨別 /辨别 verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Czech
2 entries- rozeznat verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- rozlišit verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Dalmatian
1 entries- distenguar verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Dutch
1 entries- onderscheiden verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-T:n-T14-G41 verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Esperanto
1 entries- distingi verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Finnish
4 entries- erottaa verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- erottua verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- erottua joukosta verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- tunnistaa verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
French
3 entries- distinguer verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinguer verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- distinguer verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Galician
1 entries- distinguir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Georgian
1 entries- განსხვავება verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
German
3 entries- erkennen verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- sich auszeichnen verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- unterscheiden verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Greek
4 entries- διακρίνομαι verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- διακρίνω verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- διακρίνω verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- ξεχωρίζω verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Hebrew
1 entries- הבחין verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Hungarian
1 entries- megkülönböztet verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Icelandic
1 entries- greina verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Ingrian
1 entries- eroittaa verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Italian
3 entries- discernere verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinguere verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinguersi verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Japanese
3 entries- 区別する verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- 感知する verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- 目立つ verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Korean
1 entries- 구별하다 verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Latin
3 entries- dignoscō verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinguō verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- internoscō verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Neapolitan
1 entries- dice verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Nepali
1 entries- छुट्ट्याउनु verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Norman
3 entries- distîndgi verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distîndgi verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- s'distîndgi verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Occitan
2 entries- diferenciar verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinguir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Old Norse
1 entries- greina verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Persian
1 entries- تمایز داشتن verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Polish
2 entries- rozróżniać verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- rozróżnić verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Portuguese
1 entries- distinguir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Romanian
3 entries- distinge verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- distinge verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- recunoaște verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
Russian
4 entries- отлича́ть verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- отлича́ться verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- отличи́ть verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- отличи́ться verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वेवेक्ति verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- comharraich verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- eadar-dhealaich verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- raspoznati verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- razaznati verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- разазнати verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- распознати verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Spanish
1 entries- distinguir verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Swedish
3 entries- urskilja verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- utmärka verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- utmärka verb (to give an honor)
Turkish
4 entries- ayırmak verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- ayırt etmek verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- seçmek verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
- temyiz etmek verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відзна́чи́ти verb (to give an honor)
- відзна́чи́тися verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
- відзнача́ти verb (to give an honor)
- відзнача́тися verb (to make oneself noticeably different)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhận ra verb (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly — see also discern, make out)
- phân biệt verb (to see someone or something as different from others)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It is hard to distinguish you from your brother.
Source: tatoeba (17606)
Can you distinguish silver from tin?
Source: tatoeba (18461)
The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.
Source: tatoeba (20194)
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