DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AND SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE

distinguish between someone or something and someone or something else: translation

distinguish between someone or something and someone or something else

1. to perceive the difference between different people and things, in any combination. •

Can't you distinguish between Tom and your real enemies?

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He can't distinguish between a good used car and that wreck over there!

2. to create or emphasize the difference between people and things, in any combination. •

Try to distinguish between the figure in the foreground and the flowers in the background in your painting.

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I used red to distinguish between the new part and the old.