v .
to tell apart ; to cause to stand out 구별하다 ; (특색을 나타내) 눈에 띄게 하다

• The rodent expert's eyesight was so acute that he was able to distinguish between a shrew and a vole at more than a thousand paces.
  그 설치동물 전문가는 워낙 예리한 시각을 갖고있어서 천 보이상 떨어진 거리에서도 뾰족뒤쥐와 들쥐를 구별할 수 있었다.
• I studied and studied but I was never able to distinguish between discrete and discreet.
• His face had no distinguishing characteristics ; there was nothing about his features that stuck in your memory.
• Lou's uneventful career as a dogcatcher was not distinguished by adventure or excitement.
  들개사냥꾼으로서 별다를 것 없이 평탄하게 사는 루의 삶에 모험이나 새로운 자극이 나타나는 일은 전혀 없었다.