tell apart

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

tell apart (third-person singular simple present tells apart, present participle telling apart, simple past and past participle told apart)

1. (idiomatic) To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.

   They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.

   Can you tell Tom (apart) from his twin brother?

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Translations

to distinguish

• Azerbaijani: fərqləndirmək, ayırmaq (az), ayırd etmək, seçmək (az)
• Finnish: erottaa (fi)
• French: distinguer (fr), différencier (fr)
• German: auseinanderhalten (de), unterscheiden (de)
• Hungarian: megkülönböztet (hu)
• Italian: differenziare (it), distinguere (it), discriminare (it)
• Latin: internoscō
• Nepali: छुट्ट्याउनु (chuṭṭyāunu)
• Polish: rozróżniać (pl) impf, rozróżnić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: distinguir (pt)
• Russian: различа́ть (ru) impf (različátʹ), различи́ть (ru) pf (različítʹ); отлича́ть (ru) impf (otličátʹ), отличи́ть (ru) pf (otličítʹ)
• Swedish: skilja (sv)
• Ukrainian: розрізня́ти impf (rozriznjáty), розрізни́ти pf (rozriznýty)