distinguishes

1. mark as differentExamples: "We distinguish several kinds of maple"Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell

2. detect with the sensesExamples: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart

3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive senseExamples: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, mark

4. make conspicuous or noteworthySynonyms: distinguish, signalise, signalize

5. identify as in botany or biology, for exampleSynonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name