English verb: tell apart | |||
1. | tell apart (perception) detect with the senses | ||
Samples | The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards. I can't make out the faces in this photograph. | ||
Synonyms | discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | discriminate, resolve | ||
Entail | comprehend, perceive | ||
2. | tell apart (cognition) mark as different | ||
Samples | We distinguish several kinds of maple. | ||
Synonyms | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell | ||
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 | ||