Dictionary

distinguishing en · ADJ

Meanings

1. That serves to distinguish.
   • It has no obvious distinguishing characteristics, and therefore people are constantly ascribing to it the characteristics of other similar species. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 118:
   • The distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA. 2022, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:

Forms

Deriveds

undistinguishing · nondistinguishing · indistinguishing · distinguishing penant · distinguishingly

Translations (11)

es distinguidor (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · hu megkülönböztető (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · mi kōhure (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · hu ismertető (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · fi tunnusomainen (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · de unterscheidend (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · pl odróżniający (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · fr distinctif (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · cs rozlišující (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · es distinguiente (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive) · pl wyróżniający (that serves to distinguish — see also distinctive)

distinguishing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.
   • There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents. 2012, R. R. Cox, Schutz’s Theory of Relevance: A Phenomenological Critique, page 49:

Forms

distinguishing en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of distinguish
   form of distinguish