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Verb: contradistinguish  ,kón-tru-di'sting-gwish
Usage: archaic
  1. Distinguish by contrasting or opposite qualities
    "The researcher contradistinguished between the control and test groups"

Derived forms: contradistinguished, contradistinguishes, contradistinguishing

Type of: differentiate, distinguish, secern [rare], separate, severalise [Brit, rare], severalize [rare], tell apart