identify,
place consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
know be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
individualise,
individualize make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
contrast put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
dissociate,
decouple to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
demarcate set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
distinguish -
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"
To distinguish a case means to contrast the facts of the case before the court from the facts of a case of precedent where there is an apparent similarity. By successfully distinguishing a case, the holding or legal reasoning of the earlier case will either not apply or will be limited. Whether a case is successfully distinguished often looks to whether the distinguished facts are material to the matter.
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distinguish To see someone or something as different from others; to discern or comprehend.
distinguish To detect with the senses.
distinguish To identify as in botany or biology, for example.
