tell apart - definition and meaning

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Wiktionary

v. To be able to know the difference between things; to distinguish.

WordNet 3.0

v. detect with the senses
v. mark as different

Examples

“Once sliced, a fingernail and a scallion are not easy to tell apart at a glance.”

Simon & Schuster: The Kitchen Daughter

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hypernyms

Words that are more generic or abstract
- place
- identify
hyponyms

Words that are more specific
- resolve
- separate
- know
- label
- contrast
- sex
- discriminate
- dissociate
- stratify
- individualize
- demarcate
- decouple
- contradistinguish
- individualise
- severalize
- single out
- severalise
- know apart
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