Translation
to distinguish
Word origin
From French distinguer, from Latin distinguere ('to separate, to mark off'), from dis ('apart') and stinguere ('to prick'): to prick marks that keep things apart. English distinguish, distinct and instinct share the root.
- Origin
- French, from Latin
- Root
- distinguere
- English cognates
- distinguish, distinct, instinct
Examples
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It is difficult to tell the two brothers apart.
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Can you distinguish between blue and green?
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In the night I could not make out his face.
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