distinguishable

[ dih-sting-gwish-uh-buhl ]

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.

Other Words From

• dis·tin·guish·a·bil·i·ty [dih-sting-gwish-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of distinguishable¹

distinguish ( def ) + -able ( def )

Example Sentences

The company is also testing six small thermal cameras on the property that use an algorithm to distinguish human and vehicle motion from other types of movement in video clips.

From Popular-Science

It essentially has to first learn what the sort of distinguishing features between those categories are rather than being prompted.

From MIT Technology Review

Some states distinguish between conservatorship as covering financial matters and guardianship as covering personal matters, but California, where Spears lives, calls both conservatorships.

From Vox

Collective online experiences are poised to further distinguish themselves from traditional events as they become more accessible and offer more customization and connection.

From Digiday

People who report penicillin allergies can have a genetic variation on an immune system gene that helps the body distinguish between our own cells and harmful bacteria and viruses.

From Science News

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Several countries with socialized medicine have breast-cancer survival rates that are barely distinguishable from our own.

From The Daily Beast

MacRae was scrambling and sliding down from above, barely distinguishable against the bank.

From Project Gutenberg

At three thousand yards a man appears as a mere dot, which is not readily distinguishable.

From Project Gutenberg

The tepees of the Indians were hardly distinguishable from those which Nature had pitched on this world-old camping-ground.

From Project Gutenberg

The equipage of the resident, Mr. Hamilton, to whom I had letters, was distinguishable from the others by its greater splendour.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• detectable
• dissimilar
• distinct
• noticeable
• observable
• perceptible