Distinguish
Distinguish verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
Usage example: please distinguish the specimens by acidity
Range and distinguish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Range" instead a verb "Distinguish".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Range
Range verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
Usage example: the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group
Distinguish and range are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinguish" instead a verb "Range".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| character | distinguish character | range character |
| characters | distinguish characters | range characters |
| irony | distinguish irony | range irony |
| creatures | distinguish creatures | range creatures |
| Other words: personalities. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Problem was, nobody could distinguish between the splashes of a 12-inch shell and a 10-inch shell at long range.
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Techers were introduced as a class that specialized in support techniques, with Wand Gear providing some melee ability to distinguish them from the long-range Forces.
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Ranma ½: Mousse is not blind, per se, but so short sighted that even with coke-bottle glasses he cannot distinguish between people and objects, fights with a range of deadly bladed weapons.
Source: Blind Weaponmaster
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