distinguish

(verb) mark as different. Synonyms: separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart. Example: "We distinguish several kinds of maple."

(verb) detect with the senses. Synonyms: spot, recognize, recognise, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart. Examples: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards." "I can't make out the faces in this photograph."

(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. Synonyms: mark, differentiate. Example: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers."

(verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy. Synonyms: signalize, signalise.

(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example. Synonyms: identify, discover, key, key out, describe, name.