tell things apart



tell things apart

to distinguish one thing or a group of things from another thing or group of things. This one is gold, and the others are brass. Can you tell them apart? Without their labels, I can't tell them apart.
See also: apart, tell, thing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JobethJO-bethEnglish (Rare)
LjubicaLYOO-bee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Gautam-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Massoud-Persian
XanderKSAHN-dər (Dutch), ZAN-dər (English)Dutch, English (Modern)
Renatus-Late Roman