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Meaning of DISTINGUISHABLE

Pronunciation:  d`ist'inggw`ishubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  capable of being perceived as different or distinct; "only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom"; "a project distinguishable into four stages of progress"; "distinguishable differences between the twins"
  2. [adj]  (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
 
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 Synonyms: different, differentiable, discriminable, distinct
 
 Antonyms: indistinguishable, undistinguishable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dis*tin"guish*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible;
   discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a
   distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
         A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is
         not distinguishable into different ideas. --Locke.
2. Worthy of note or special regard. --Swift.
 

 

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