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Definition of distinguishing

"distinguishing" in the verb sense

1. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart

mark as different

"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

2. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart

detect with the senses

"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"

"I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

3. distinguish, mark, differentiate

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait sometimes in a very positive sense

"His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

4. signalize, signalise, distinguish

make conspicuous or noteworthy

5. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for distinguishing

Benevolence is the distinguishing characteristic of man. [ Mencues ]

Wise kings have generally wise councillors, as he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. [ Diogenes ]

Fortitude is not the appetite of formidable things, nor inconsult rashness, but virtue fighting for a truth, derived from knowledge of distinguishing good or bad causes. [ Nabb ]

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distinguishing in Scrabble®

The word distinguishing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters distinguishing:

DISTINGUISHING

(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

dinging, dinting, disgust, dishing, dissing, dunging, dusting, guiding, gushing, gusting, hidings, hindgut, hinging, hinting, hissing, hunting, husting, insight, issuing, nudging, nudists, shindig, shining, shutins, sidings, sighing, signing, singing, sudsing, suiting, tidings, tinging, tunings, uniting

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DISTINGUISHING

(225)

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(198)

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distinguishing in Words With Friends™

The word distinguishing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters distinguishing:

DISTINGUISHING

(288)

DISTINGUISHING

(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

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DISTINGUISHING

(288)

DISTINGUISHING

(288)

DISTINGUISHING

(192)

DISTINGUISHING

(168)

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DUNGING

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DISTINGUISHING

(108)

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DINGING

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HINDGUT

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TINGING

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SINGING

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DISTINGUISHING

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Words within the letters of distinguishing

2 letter words in distinguishing (9 words)

hi id in is it nu uh un us

3 letter words in distinguishing (28 words)

dig din dug gig gin gnu gun gut hid his hit hug hut ids inn ins its nit nun nus nut sin sit sun tin tug ugh uhs

4 letter words in distinguishing (54 words)

5 letter words in distinguishing (37 words)

digit dings dints dungs dusts gusts hinds hints hunts night ninth shins shuns shunt shuts sighs sight signs sings sinus sitin snits snugs sting studs stung stuns suing suits sushi thing thins thuds thugs tings units using

6 letter words in distinguishing (19 words)

digits dining hiding insist insitu nights ninths nudist shunts shutin siding sights siting sitins stings things tiding tuning unsign

7 letter words in distinguishing (34 words)

8 letter words in distinguishing (16 words)

disusing dustings gunsight hindguts hustings igniting inditing insights shindigs shunting sighting signings snudging stinging suitings tissuing

9 letter words in distinguishing (3 words)

gunsights insisting sightings

10 letter words in distinguishing (5 words)

digitising disguising disgusting disuniting unsighting

11 letter words in distinguishing (1 word)

distinguish

14 letter words in distinguishing (1 word)

distinguishing

distinguishing + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence distinguishing

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Shorter words in distinguishing

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