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Principally by size.

Larger stars are hotter and brighter.

Next by age. As stars get older, they begin to run out of hydrogen fuel, start using helium and swell to red giants.

Lastly by composition. Stars that formed earlier tend to have less carbon, oxgyen and "metals" in them.

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