Tell apart Moderate

Tell apart has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

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"

spot recognize recognise distinguish discern pick out make out tell apart

mark as different

"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

distinguish separate differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell apart

To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.

Example Sentences

"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" verb

"I can't make out the faces in this photograph" verb

"We distinguish several kinds of maple" verb