different between singularise vs distinguish
singularise
English
Etymology
singular +? -ise
Verb
singularise (third-person singular simple present singularises, present participle singularising, simple past and past participle singularised)
- Alternative form of singularize
Anagrams
- alginuresis
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: singularisent, singularises
Verb
singularise
- first-person singular present indicative of singulariser
- third-person singular present indicative of singulariser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of singulariser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of singulariser
- second-person singular imperative of singulariser
singularise From the web:
- what does singularity mean
- what does the word singularity mean
- what is singularity mean
distinguish
English
Etymology
From Middle English distingwen, from Old French distinguer, from Latin distinguere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, set off, adorn, literally mark off”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stinguere. Compare extinguish.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-t?ng?gw?sh, IPA(key): /d?s?t???w??/
- Rhymes: -???w??
- Hyphenation: dis?tin?guish
Verb
distinguish (third-person singular simple present distinguishes, present participle distinguishing, simple past and past participle distinguished)
- To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
- Synonyms: differentiate, discriminate; see also Thesaurus:tell apart
- Antonym: confuse
- To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
- To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
- 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
Usage notes
In sense “see a difference”, more casual than differentiate or the formal discriminate; more casual is “tell the difference”.
Derived terms
- distinguished
- distinguishable
- distinguishing
- distinguishness
- undistinguishing
Related terms
- distinct
- distinction
- extinguish
Translations
Further reading
- distinguish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- distinguish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
distinguish From the web:
- what distinguishes atherosclerosis from arteriosclerosis
- what distinguishes mass from weight
- what distinguishes one element from another
- what distinguishes rainforests from temperate forests
- what distinguishes a substance from a mixture
- what distinguishes bacteria from archaea
- what distinguishes a neutral atom from an ion
- what distinguishes the savanna and grassland biomes
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