distinguish
verb (used with object)
to mark off as different (often followed by from orby ).
distinguishment
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a word derived from
distinguish.
Example Sentences
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Asked how other children reacted to him, Matthew joked: "Once they got past they initial distinguishment of fiction and reality, and they realised he can't fly, then the disappointment would set in."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
"The common existence of natural organic matter certainly requires prudent distinguishment."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
As this method of distinguishment is always applicable, it is very important, and its detail and result should be carefully noticed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
Heaton, 4th Jurist, new series, page 708, for the distinguishment between the words of asseveration and the essential words of an oath.
From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Charles Bradlaugh
In the former case, the mode was by distinguishment and analysis.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones
