distinguish

v. mark as different; see as different; differentiate; discern, recognize

In law, to distinguish a case means to differentiate 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.Both cases Balfour v Balfour (1919) and Merrit v Merrit (1971), involve a wife making a claim against her husband for breach of contract. The judge in Balfour decided that a claim could not be made because there was no intention to create legal regulations, there was no legally binding contract. However in Merrit v Merrit, the judge decided that the facts of this case was sufficiently different in that, whilst the parties were husband and wife, the agreement was made after they had separated, in writing, thus distinguishing the case from Balfour.
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Verb
1. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
(synonym) separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
(hypernym) identify, place
(hyponym) know
(entail) compare
(derivation) differentiation, distinction
2. 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"
(synonym) recognize, recognise, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
(hyponym) resolve
(entail) perceive, comprehend
3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"
(synonym) mark, differentiate
(hypernym) qualify, characterize, characterise
(hyponym) characterize, characterise
(verb-group) mark
4. make conspicuous or noteworthy
(synonym) signalize, signalise
(hypernym) mark
(hyponym) singularize, singularise
5. identify as in botany or biology, for example
(synonym) identify, discover, key, key out, describe, name
(entail) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

(v. t.)
To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.
  

(v. t.)
To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.
  

(v. t.)
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.
  

(v. t.)
To constitute a difference; to make to differ.
  

(v. t.)
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
  

(v. i.)
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.
  

(v. i.)
To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible.
  

v.a.
1. recognize by visible marks
جاننا, پہچاننا, چينھنا
2. recognize by characteristic quality
تشخيص کرنا, تميز کرنا
By our reason we are enabled to distinguish good from evil as well as truth from false-hood. (Watts)
اپني عقل کے ذريعے سے ہم برائي بھلائي اور نيز جھوٹ سچ ميں تميز کر سکتے ہيں
3. divide by points of difference
فرق کرنا, جدا کرنا, عليحدہ کرنا
4. make known
شہرت دينا, مشہور کرنا, عزت ديناdistinguish
n.v.
فرق کرنا, جدا کرنا, تميز کرنا, الگ کرنا