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distinguishing

noun C2
  1. The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.

Plural distinguishings

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A BLIND MAN was accustomed to distinguishing different animals by touching them with his hands.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 81 · B2
But crispness was no longer Marilla’s distinguishing characteristic.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 326 · C1
Moreover, from being so long in twilight or darkness, his eyes had acquired the faculty of distinguishing objects in the night, common to the hyena and the wolf.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 236 · C1
To the civil inquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 36 · B2

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