Discern or distinguish, as in It's hard to tell the twins apart. [First half of 1900s]
tell apart
| Idioms: tell apart |
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The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
detect with the senses
Synonyms: recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out
Meaning #2:
mark as different
Synonyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell
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