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tell apart

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As a verb, tell apart means detect with the senses.

Meanings of tell apart

2 meanings

verb

Detect 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”
Similar: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out
Mark as different
“We distinguish several kinds of maple”
Similar: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize

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verb: detect with the senses

spot recognize recognise distinguish discern pick out make out

verb: mark as different

distinguish separate differentiate secernsecernateseveralizeseveralisetell

Nearby words

telescopic telescopically televise television telex tell tell on teller telling tellingly telltale telluride