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Definition of Tell apart
1. Verb. Detect with the senses. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
Entails: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Resolve, Discriminate
Derivative terms: Discernible, Discernible, Discernible, Discernment
2. Verb. Mark as different. "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Specialized synonyms: Know, Discriminate, Know Apart, Label, Label, Sex, Individualise, Individualize, Contrast, Severalise, Severalize, Contradistinguish, Decouple, Dissociate, Demarcate, Discriminate, Separate, Single Out, Stratify
Generic synonyms: Identify, Place
Entails: Compare
Derivative terms: Difference, Difference, Differentiation, Differentiator, Distinction
Definition of Tell apart
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To be able to know the difference between things; to distinguish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tell Apart
Literary usage of Tell apart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Compassion: The Truth at the Heart of Our Universe by C A Bartzokas (2005)
"... Narada's aphorisms on Divine Love and Krishna's precepts to Arjuna are impossible
to tell apart Long after the war in the ..."
2. Island Song Lyrics Volume 4 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"Hard To tell apart (08/30/2003) (song#1959) Just because you said Aloha 'oe which
means goodbye Don't be deceived that I might sit around and cry My heart ..."
3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"... of the brakeman who helped her down before she had the courage to dive into
the cataract of hand-shaking people, people whom she could not tell apart. ..."
4. Selections from Berkeley: With an Introduction and Notes for the Use of by George Berkeley (1884)
"I have now gone through your reflexions, which the 1 Does this mean that, for
aught we can tell, apart from our experience, 'any thing may be the cause of ..."
5. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"... as indeed Blackwood himself became a lifelong friend of the gallant commander
of the Guillaume Tell. Apart from his important services in the ..."
6. Ovid: Selected Works, with Notes and Vocabulary by Ovid (1900)
"... ere, —, —, to know apart, tell apart. dignus, a, um, adj., worthy, suita-
ble,fit, proper. dilectus, a, um, [part. diligo], adj., chosen out, loved, ..."
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