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Showing words for DISTINGUISH using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Distinguish

distinguish

9 Letter Words for Distinguish

histidins

8 Letter Words for Distinguish

dishings, dissight, distingu, disusing, dustings, hindguts, histidin, hustings, insights, shindigs, sinuitis, suitings, tissuing, undights, unsights

7 Letter Words for Distinguish

digitus, disgust, dishing, dissing, dissuit, dushing, dusting, hidings, hindgut, hissing, histing, husting, insight, issuing, nudists, shindig, shiting, shuting, sidings, signist, sisting, sithing, sitings, sudsing, suiting, tidings, tundish, tushing, undight, unsight

6 Letter Words for Distinguish

dhutis, dights, digits, dingus, diting, giusts, hiding, hindus, indish, initis, insist, nights, nudish, nudist, shunts, siding, sights, sigint, sindhi, sisith, siting, snight, stings, suings, suints, things, tiding, tingid, tunish, usings

5 Letter Words for Distinguish

dhuti, dight, digit, dings, dints, dinus, distn, duing, duits, dungs, dunsh, dunst, dunts, dusts, gists, giust, guids, gundi, gusts, hindi, hinds, hindu, hings, hints, hisis, hists, hundi, hunts, ignis, indii, indus, intis, inuit, inust, nidus, nighs, night, nisus, nitid, shins, shisn, shist, shits, shuns, shunt, shuts, sidth, sighs, sight, signs, sinds, singh, sings, sinhs, sinus, situs, snigs, snits, snugs, snush, ssing, sting, studs, stung, stuns, sughs, sugis, suids, suing, suint, suist, suits, sunis, sushi, thigs, thing, thins, thisn, thuds, thugs, thund, thung, tinds, tingi, tings, tissu, tunds, tungs, tunis, tushs, undig, unhid, unhit, unist, units, using

4 Letter Words for Distinguish

digs, ding, dins, dint, dish, dist, dits, dugs, duit, dung, duns, dunt, dush, dust, gids, gins, gish, gist, gith, gits, gnus, guid, guns, gush, guss, gust, guts, higi, hind, hing, hins, hint, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, hugs, huis, hund, hung, huns, hunt, huss, hust, huts, idun, init, inst, inti, isdn, isis, isnt, isth, iuds, nidi, nids, nigh, nisi, nist, nits, nuts, shin, shit, shtg, shug, shun, shut, sidh, sidi, sids, sigh, sign, sind, sing, sinh, sins, sish, sisi, sist, sith, siti, sits, situ, snig, snit, snug, stid, stud, stug, stun, suds, sugh, sugi, suid, suit, sung, suni, suns, sunt, susi, thig, thin, this, thud, thug, thus, tidi, tids, tigs, tind, ting, tins, tshi, tsun, tugs, tuis, tund, tung, tuns, tush, ughs, ungt, unis, unit, utis

3 Letter Words for Distinguish

dhu, dig, din, dis, dit, dug, duh, dui, dun, gds, gid, gin, gis, git, gns, gnu, gtd, gud, gui, gun, gus, gut, hgt, hid, hin, his, hit, hts, hud, hug, hui, hun, hut, ids, ign, ihi, ihs, iii, ind, ing, ins, int, ish, isn, ist, itd, its, iud, nid, nig, nis, nit, nth, nus, nut, sds, sgd, shi, sht, sig, sin, sis, sit, ssh, ssu, std, stg, sud, sui, sun, sus, tgn, thd, tid, tig, tin, tis, tiu, tng, tsh, tsi, tss, tug, tui, tun, uds, ugh, ugs, ugt, uhs, uit, ung, unh, uni, uns, ush, ust, uti, uts

Definitions for Distinguish

[1] to mark off as different (often followed by from or by ): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
[2] to recognize as distinct or different; recognize the salient or individual features or characteristics of: It is hard to distinguish her from her twin sister.
[3] to perceive clearly by sight or other sense; discern; recognize: He could not distinguish many of the words.
[4] to set apart as different; be a distinctive characteristic of; characterize: It is his Italian accent that distinguishes him.
[5] to make prominent, conspicuous, or eminent: to distinguish oneself in battle.
[6] to divide into classes; classify: Let us distinguish the various types of metaphor.
[7] Archaic . to single out for or honor with special attention.
[8] to indicate or show a difference (usually followed by between ).
[9] to recognize or note differences; discriminate.
[10] (when intr, foll by between or among ) to make, show, or recognize a difference or differences (between or among); differentiate (between)
[11] to be a distinctive feature of; characterize
[12] to make out; perceive
[13] to mark for a special honour or title
[14] to make (oneself) noteworthy he distinguished himself by his cowardice
[15] to classify; categorize we distinguished three species

Words related to Distinguish

discriminate, divide, separate, recognize, characterize, qualify, identify, differentiate, determine, categorize, analyze, know, notice, detect, read, perceive, discover, see, admire, diagnose

Words nearby Distinguish

distinction, distinctive, distinctive feature, distinctiveness ratio, distinctly, distinguish, distinguished, distinguished conduct medal, distinguished flying cross, distinguished service cross, distinguished service medal

Origin of Distinguish

1555–65; extension, by -ish2, of Middle English disting(u)en (< Anglo-French, Middle French distinguer ) < Latin distinguere; see distinct

Other words from Distinguish

dis·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
dis·tin·guish·a·ble·ness , dis·tin·guish·a·bil·i·ty , noun
dis·tin·guish·a·bly , adverb
dis·tin·guish·er , noun
dis·tin·guish·ment , noun
in·ter·dis·tin·guish , verb (used with object)
non·dis·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
non·dis·tin·guish·a·ble·ness , noun
non·dis·tin·guish·a·bly , adverb
pre·dis·tin·guish , verb (used with object)
re·dis·tin·guish , verb
un·dis·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Distinguish

C16: from Latin distinguere to separate, discriminate

Synonyms for Distinguish

analyze, categorize, characterize, determine, differentiate, discriminate, divide, figure out, identify, know, qualify, recognize, separate, ascertain, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, diagnose, estimate, extricate, finger, individualize, individuate, judge, label, mark, name, part, pinpoint, place, select, sift, signalize, singularize, specify, spot, tag, determinate, diagnosticate, make out, mark off, set apart, set off, single out, sort out, tell apart, tell between, tell from