If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. 辨别; 区分
verb [vt. 及物动词]使有别于;看清,认出;区别,分清
If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect. 辨别出There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices.