distinguishing Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; distinguish; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
verb be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
distinguish; differentiate; mark.
- His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
verb make conspicuous or noteworthy
signalise; distinguish; signalize.
verb identify as in botany or biology, for example
name; describe; discover; identify; key; distinguish; key out.

Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke.
Simmonds.