Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for distinguish
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
mark as different
We distinguish several kinds of maple.
The true synonym
tell
Same sentence, swapped: We tell several kinds of maple.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for distinguish as it is used in the sentence above.
- key
- pinpoint
- sublime
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
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