tell apart meaning and definition

TELL APART verb

Definition of tell apart (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot
2. mark as different
   • "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
   • synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell