It's his eye for detail that distinguishes him as a painter. It can be difficult to distinguish between poisonous and edible mushrooms. Teachers have to learn to distinguish between behaviour problems associated with learning difficulties and behaviour problems linked to something else.
As their brains mature neurologically, infants become more capable to distinguish the shapes - English Only forum can't 'distinguish' between good and bad .... [word choice?]
If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. Could he distinguish right from wrong? Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark.
syn: distinguish, differentiate, discriminate mean to note the difference between two or more similar things. To distinguish is to recognize differences based on characteristic features or qualities: to distinguish a light cruiser from a heavy cruiser.