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[ verb ] mark as different
Examples "We distinguish several kinds of maple" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished , so most notably in the statement : `` If the [ Holy ] Spirit is absent from the soul , such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; and , being left carnal , he will be an imperfect being , possessing the image [ of God ] in his formation , but not receiving the similitude [ of God ] through the Spirit '' . If this aspect of death as punishment is not distinguished from the idea of death as natural termination , the conclusion seems inevitable that temporal existence itself is a form of punishment rather than the state into which man is put by the will of the Creator . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Unfortunately , few of the artists ( writers , movie producers , dramatists and musicians ) who have used American folklore since 1900 have known enough to distinguish between the two streams even in the most general of ways . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Before we comment further on these pathological conditions , we should remember that changes in the state of the hypothalamus within physiological limits distinguish sleep from wakefulness . Although no drugs act exclusively on the hypothalamus or a part of it , there is sufficient specificity to distinguish drugs which shift the hypothalamic balance to the sympathetic side from those which produce a parasympathetic dominance . |
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[ verb ] detect with the senses
Examples "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" Used in print (Paul Ramsey, War and the Christian Conscience. Durham,...)Several of the replies to Mr._Toynbee , without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard_to the permission of evil , succeed in restoring the actual context in_which present moral and political decisions must be made , by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of_this evil . (The American-German Review,...)She even devised a system of colors , whereby the boy could easily distinguish the different note values . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Synonyms Examples "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Despite the opposition of the city newspapers , the Pratt_Hall meeting `` brought_together a very respectable audience , composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery , of many_of our colored citizens , and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering '' . Related terms |
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