contradistinguish
verb
con·tra·dis·tin·guish ˌkän-trə-di-ˈstiŋ-gwish 
contradistinguished; contradistinguishing; contradistinguishes
transitive verb
: to distinguish by contrasting qualities
Word History
First Known Use
1622, in the meaning defined above
contradistinguishes
verb
as in secerns
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- secerns
- differences
- differentiates
- discriminates
- sets off
- discerns
- knows
- separates
- distinguishes
- understands
- demarcates
- comprehends
- marks (off)
- grasps
- divides
- severs
- parts
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mixes (up)
- mistakes
- confuses
- lumps (together)
- confounds
- mingles
- section line
- section man
- section manager
- section off
- section paper
- section plane
- sectional
- sectional boiler
- sectional density
- sectional leaf cutting
- sectionalisation
- sectionalisations
- sectionalise
- sectionalised
- sectionalises
- sectionalising
- sectionalism
- sectionalisms
- sectionalist
- sectionalists
- sectionalization
- sectionalizations
- sectionalize
- sectionalized
- sectionalizes