The difference between Difference and Distinguish

When used as verbs, difference means to distinguish or differentiate, whereas distinguish means to recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.

Difference is also noun with the meaning: the quality of being different.

check bellow for the other definitions of Difference and Distinguish

  1. Difference as a noun (uncountable):

    The quality of being different.

    Examples:

    "You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference."

    "ant identity sameness"

  2. Difference as a noun (countable):

    A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

    Examples:

    "There are three differences between these two pictures."

  3. Difference as a noun (countable):

    A disagreement or argument.

    Examples:

    "We have our little differences, but we are firm friends."

  4. Difference as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.

    Examples:

    "It just won't make much difference to me."

    "It just won't make much of a difference to anyone."

  5. Difference as a noun (countable):

    The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

    Examples:

    "The difference between 3 and 21 is 18."

  6. Difference as a noun (obsolete):

    Choice; preference.

  7. Difference as a noun (heraldry):

    An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See and .

  8. Difference as a noun (logic):

    The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

  9. Difference as a noun (logic circuits):

    A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).

  10. Difference as a noun (relational algebra):

    the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).

  1. Difference as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To distinguish or differentiate.

    Examples:

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  1. Distinguish as a verb:

    To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.

  2. Distinguish as a verb:

    To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.

  3. Distinguish as a verb:

    To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.

    Examples:

    "The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal."

  4. Distinguish as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To make to differ.

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