tell apart
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tell apart
verb tells apart · telling apart · told apart
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To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.
Similar: decern, discern, differentiate, differentialize, discriminate, distinguish, set apart, tell, tell apart
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verb to distinguish
| Português | distinguir |
|---|---|
| Français | distinguer, différencier |
| Deutsch | auseinanderhalten, unterscheiden |
| Italiano | differenziare, distinguere, discriminare |
| Русский | различа́ть različátʹ, различи́ть različítʹ, отлича́ть otličátʹ, отличи́ть otličítʹ |
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