external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration:
Dignified in conduct or appearance.
The genetic makeup, as distinguished from the physical appearance, of an organism or a group of organisms. The combination of alleles located on homologous chromosomes that determines a specific characteristic..
There are a lot of white crystalline powders that look like salt, so no.
You probably mean "distinguished."
The distinguished one
The alignment of minerals to form a planer fabric. This may give the rock a banded appearance.
The distinguished one
make an appearance
The short answer is by their properties. If you mean solids, liquids and gases then you look at whether they have fixed shapes and fixed volumes or not. If you mean different substances, then you look at properties such as melting point, appearance and chemical reactions.
Distinguis Distinguis
it means it is different from one thing to another