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To describe
delineate, designate, portray; see define 2, describe.
To distinguish
discriminate, mark, identify; see distinguish 1.

See characterize in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

verb

To describe with a word or term:
call, designate, label, name, style, tag, term. See specific, words
To make noticeable or different:
differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individualize, mark, set apart, signalize, singularize. See same

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