- 2. Discriminate, discern, perceive, tell, know.
- 3. Separate, divide.
- 4. Signalize, make famous, make celebrated, make known, bring into notice.
Distinguish, v. n. Make distinction, show the difference.
Distinguishable, a.
- 1. Separable, divisible.
- 2. To be distinguished, to be recognized as distinct.
Distinguished, a.
- 1. Illustrious, famous, noted, eminent, celebrated.
- 2. Conspicuous, marked, extraordinary, supreme, transcendent, consummate.
Distort, v. a.
- 1. Twist, deform, wrest.
- 2. Pervert, misrepresent, falsify, wrest, strain the sense of.
Distortion, n.
- 1. Twist, wryness, deformity.
- 2. Perversion, misrepresentation, falsification, wresting.
Distract, v. a.
- 1. Divert, draw away, turn aside.
- 2. Perplex, confuse, discompose, harass, disturb, disconcert, bewilder, confound, mystify, embarrass.
- 3. Craze, derange, drive frantic, drive beside one’s self.
Distracted, a. Deranged, insane, mad, frantic, furious, raving, wild, crazed, beside one’s self.