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differentiate (dif" uh REN shee ayt") (verb)
To mark or identify distinguishing qualities or characteristics of something: How can a person differentiate between a rock and a hard place?
distinguish (di STING gwish) (verb)
To perceive or to mark as different; to divide into classes or categories: Mindy marked each rock in her collection with a white dot to distinguish her rocks from those belonging to others.

In order to differentiate the distinctive geological features on the map, Lynette used different colored markers to distinguish low hill formations from higher hill formations.

distinguish (verb), distinguishes; distinguished; distinguishing
1. To be aware of a difference between two or more people, groups, or things, or to show that they are different from each other: "Henry learned as a child to distinguish between what was good and that which was bad."
2. To be a feature or characteristic which shows that one person, group, or thing is different from another: "Do you know what distinguishes dogs from wolves?"
3. To be able to recognize or to identify someone or something: "William could barely distinguish where the road was in the thick fog."
4. To make oneself well known because of some outstanding performance; especially, in a profession, an art, or in an organization.
5. Etymology: from Middle French distinguiss-, stem of distinguer, or directly from Latin distinguere, "to separate between, to separate by making a very small hole", from dis-, "apart" + -stinguere, "to puncture" or "to pierce".
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(Latin: to separate, to sift, to distinguish, to understand, to decide, to determine; separated, separation, to set apart; the glandular extraction or the movement out of a natural substance)