distinguishable

[ dih-sting-gwish-uh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. able to be recognized as different, usually by means of some readily noticed feature or characteristic:The forged bills were easily distinguishable from real ones because they only had printing on one side.

  2. able to be perceived or discerned:A large gray SUV followed in close pursuit, with the general’s silhouette vaguely distinguishable in the back seat.

Origin of distinguishable

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Other words from distinguishable

  • dis·tin·guish·a·bil·i·ty [dih-sting-gwish-uh-bil-i-tee], /dɪˌstɪŋ gwɪʃ əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, dis·tin·guish·a·ble·ness, noun
  • dis·tin·guish·a·bly, adverb
  • non·dis·tin·guish·a·ble, adjective
  • non·dis·tin·guish·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·dis·tin·guish·a·bly, adverb
  • un·dis·tin·guish·a·ble, adjective

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How to use distinguishable in a sentence

  • Indeed, the cousin crops are quite distinguishable, both in their appearance and how they are cultivated agriculturally.

  • “Guru are worshiped in a manner barely distinguishable from divine worship,” Arthur Koestler observed in The Lotus and the Robot.

    The Fugitive Guru | Ben Crair | June 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Several countries with socialized medicine have breast-cancer survival rates that are barely distinguishable from our own.

    The Latest Health Care Lie | Michelle Goldberg | August 31, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • MacRae was scrambling and sliding down from above, barely distinguishable against the bank.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • At three thousand yards a man appears as a mere dot, which is not readily distinguishable.

    Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
  • The tepees of the Indians were hardly distinguishable from those which Nature had pitched on this world-old camping-ground.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • The equipage of the resident, Mr. Hamilton, to whom I had letters, was distinguishable from the others by its greater splendour.

  • She could hear the low voices of Talpers and McFann, hardly distinguishable from the slight noises made by the wind in the trees.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman