Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartmark as different“We distinguish several kinds of maple”
(v)spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartdetect with the senses“The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards”, “I can't make out the faces in this photograph”
(v)distinguish, mark, differentiatebe a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense“His modesty distinguishes him from his peers”