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Phrase(s): distinguish someone or something from someone or something else
1. to tell the difference between different people and things, in any combination. • I cannot distinguish Billy from Bobby. • She could not distinguish basil from oregano. 2. to delineate or emphasize the boundary between people and things, in any combination. • I cannot distinguish the blue scarf from the sky in the background. • We could not distinguish the leaves of the bushes from the leaves of the trees as we moved farther away.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs