tell apart

1. Detect with the senses (synset 202197640)
   "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
   entail: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
   subtypes:

   • resolve - make clearly visible
   • discriminate - distinguish
   same as: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot
2. Mark as different (synset 200652006)
   "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
   entail: compare - examine and note the similarities or differences of
   is a type of: identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
   subtypes:

   • know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
   • discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the difference
   • label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
   • label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
   • sex - tell the sex (of young chickens)
   • individualise, individualize - make or mark or treat as individual
   • contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
   • have the distinction - be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic
   • severalise, severalize - distinguish or separate
   • contradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualities
   • decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected
   • demarcate - separate clearly, as if by boundaries
   • discriminate, separate, single out - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
   • stratify - divide society into social classes or castes
   same as: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell

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