English-Portuguese translations for distinguish

• distinguir
  Temos de distinguir entre avidez e necessidade. We need to distinguish between greed and need.
  Há que distinguir dois tipos de informação: Two types of information must be distinguished:
  É preciso distinguir entre estas duas situações. We must distinguish between these two situations.

Definition of distinguish

• To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics
• To see someone or something clearly or distinctly
• To make to differ

Synonyms

• differentiate
• discriminate

Examples

• The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.

Related words

• indistinguishable
• distinguishable
• distinguishing
• distinguished
• undistinguished
• indistinguishability
• distinguishability
• distinguisher
• distinguished lay judge