English verb: secern | |||
1. | secern (cognition) mark as different | ||
Samples | We distinguish several kinds of maple. | ||
Synonyms | differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | identify, place | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | contradistinguish, contrast, decouple, demarcate, discriminate, discriminate, dissociate, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, label, separate, severalise, severalize, sex, single out, stratify | ||
Entail | compare | ||