Verb

• S: (v) distinguish (distinguish%2:31:00::), separate (separate%2:31:01::), differentiate (differentiate%2:31:01::), secern (secern%2:31:01::), secernate (secernate%2:31:00::), severalize (severalize%2:31:00::), severalise (severalise%2:31:00::), tell (tell%2:31:01::), tell apart (tell_apart%2:31:00::) (mark as different) "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
• S: (v) spot (spot%2:39:02::), recognize (recognize%2:39:01::), recognise (recognise%2:39:01::), distinguish (distinguish%2:39:00::), discern (discern%2:39:00::), pick out (pick_out%2:39:00::), make out (make_out%2:39:00::), tell apart (tell_apart%2:39:00::) (detect with the senses) "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
• S: (v) distinguish (distinguish%2:31:02::), mark (mark%2:31:09::), differentiate (differentiate%2:31:02::) (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense) "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
• S: (v) signalize (signalize%2:32:00::), signalise (signalise%2:32:00::), distinguish (distinguish%2:32:00::) (make conspicuous or noteworthy)
• S: (v) identify (identify%2:31:01::), discover (discover%2:31:03::), key (key%2:31:00::), key out (key_out%2:31:00::), distinguish (distinguish%2:31:01::), describe (describe%2:31:00::), name (name%2:31:01::) (identify as in botany or biology, for example)