ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Distinguish

Okay kiddo, you know how sometimes things can look very similar but they are actually different? Like how two toys may look the same but they have different colors or shapes or functions? Well, that's kind of what distinguish means.

When we want to distinguish things, we try to find out what makes them unique or different from each other. It's like when you play a game of spot the difference - you look closely at two pictures and try to find what is not the same in both of them.

Let's say you have two toy cars that look almost identical. One is red and the other is blue. Even though they look very similar, we can quickly distinguish one from the other because they have different colors.

Another example is when we talk about people. Even though we all look pretty similar with our eyes, nose, and mouth, we have different features that make us unique - like hair color, height, or personality traits. These are things that distinguish us from one another.

So, to sum it up, distinguishing involves finding out what makes something or someone different or unique from others. It's all about paying attention to the details that set things apart from each other.
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