14 Letter Words for Distinguishing
distinguishing
11 Letter Words for Distinguishing
distinguish
10 Letter Words for Distinguishing
disguising, disgusting, disuniting, undighting, unsighting
9 Letter Words for Distinguishing
distuning, histidins, insisting, shuntings, sightings, stingings, unsighing, unsisting
8 Letter Words for Distinguishing
dighting, dishings, dissight, distingu, disusing, dunshing, dustings, giusting, guidings, guisings, gunsight, hindguts, histidin, huntings, hustings, igniting, inditing, insights, nighting, nithings, shindigs, shunting, sighting, signings, sindings, singings, sinuitis, snudging, snuggish, snushing, stinging, suitings, tissuing, undights, unitings, unsiding, unsights
7 Letter Words for Distinguishing
digitus, dinging, dinting, disgust, dishing, dissing, dissuit, dunging, dunnish, dunting, dushing, dusting, guiding, guising, gushing, gusting, gutsing, hidings, hindgut, hinging, hinting, hissing, histing, hunting, husting, insight, issuing, nidings, nighing, nithing, nudging, nudists, shindig, shining, shiting, shuting, sidings, sighing, signing, signist, sinding, singing, sisting, sithing, sitings, sudsing, sughing, suiting, tidings, tinding, tinging, tunding, tundish, tunings, tushing, undight, uniting, unsight, unsting, untiing
6 Letter Words for Distinguishing
dhutis, dights, digits, dingus, dining, disgig, diting, giusts, hiding, hindus, indign, indish, initis, insist, ithunn, niding, niggun, nights, ninigi, ninths, nudish, nudist, shunts, siding, sights, sigint, sindhi, sining, sisith, siting, snight, stings, suings, suints, things, tiding, tingid, tining, tuning, tunish, unnigh, unsing, untins, usings
5 Letter Words for Distinguishing
dhuti, dight, digit, dings, dints, dinus, distn, duing, duits, dungs, dunsh, dunst, dunts, dusts, gings, gists, giust, guids, gundi, gusts, hindi, hinds, hindu, hings, hints, hisis, hists, hundi, hunts, igigi, ignis, indii, indin, indus, innit, intis, inuit, inust, nguni, nidus, nighs, night, ninth, nintu, ninut, 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, sunni, sunns, sushi, thigs, thing, thins, thisn, thuds, thugs, thund, thung, tinds, tingi, tings, tissu, tunds, tungs, tunis, tushs, undig, unhid, unhit, unist, units, unsin, untin, using, usnin
4 Letter Words for Distinguishing
digs, ding, dins, dint, dish, dist, dits, dugs, duit, dung, duns, dunt, dush, dust, gids, gigs, ging, ginn, gins, gish, gist, gith, gits, gnus, guid, gung, guns, gush, guss, gust, guts, higi, hind, hing, hins, hint, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, hugs, huis, hund, hung, huns, hunt, huss, hust, huts, idun, iggs, indn, init, inns, inst, inti, isdn, isis, isnt, isth, iuds, nidi, nids, nigh, nisi, nist, nits, nung, nuns, 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, sugg, sugh, sugi, suid, suit, sung, suni, sunn, 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 Distinguishing
dhu, dig, din, dis, dit, dug, duh, dui, dun, gds, gid, gig, gin, gis, git, gns, gnu, gtd, gud, gui, gun, gus, gut, hgt, hid, hin, his, hit, hts, hud, hug, hui, hun, hut, ids, igg, ign, ihi, ihs, iii, ind, ing, inn, ins, int, ish, isn, ist, itd, its, iud, nid, nig, nis, nit, nth, nun, 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, unn, uns, ush, ust, uti, uts
Definitions for Distinguishing
[1] distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
[2] to mark off as different (often followed by from or by ): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
[3] 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.
[4] to perceive clearly by sight or other sense; discern; recognize: He could not distinguish many of the words.
[5] to set apart as different; be a distinctive characteristic of; characterize: It is his Italian accent that distinguishes him.
[6] to make prominent, conspicuous, or eminent: to distinguish oneself in battle.
[7] to divide into classes; classify: Let us distinguish the various types of metaphor.
[8] Archaic . to single out for or honor with special attention.
[9] to indicate or show a difference (usually followed by between ).
[10] to recognize or note differences; discriminate.
[11] (when intr, foll by between or among ) to make, show, or recognize a difference or differences (between or among); differentiate (between)
[12] to be a distinctive feature of; characterize
[13] to make out; perceive
[14] to mark for a special honour or title
[15] to make (oneself) noteworthy he distinguished himself by his cowardice
[16] to classify; categorize we distinguished three species
Words related to Distinguishing
differentiating, characteristic, different
Words nearby Distinguishing
distinguished conduct medal, distinguished flying cross, distinguished service cross, distinguished service medal, distinguished service order, distinguishing, distingué, distinguée, distobuccal, distobucco-occlusal, distobuccopulpal
Origin of Distinguishing
1555–65; extension, by -ish2, of Middle English disting(u)en (< Anglo-French, Middle French distinguer ) < Latin distinguere; see distinct
Other words from Distinguishing
dis·tin·guish·ing·ly , adverb
non·dis·tin·guish·ing , adjective
self-dis·tin·guish·ing , adjective
un·dis·tin·guish·ing , adjective
un·dis·tin·guish·ing·ly , adverb
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 Distinguishing
C16: from Latin distinguere to separate, discriminate
Synonyms for Distinguishing
differentiating, characteristic, different
