Usage examples of "diferenciar" in Spanish with translation to English

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El inglés no diferencia entre los verbos "ser" y "estar". English doesn't differentiate between the verbs "ser" and "estar".
Los hombres se diferencian de los animales en el hecho de que pueden pensar y hablar. Men differ from animals in that they can think and speak.
¿Sabés diferenciar un jacaré de un cocodrilo? Do you know how to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
¿Sabes diferenciar un pato de un ganso? Can you tell a duck from a goose?
¿No puedes diferenciar entre fantasía y realidad? Can't you divorce fantasy from reality?
No puedo diferenciar a un gemelo del otro. I can't tell one twin from the other.
¿Puedes diferenciar a Jane de su hermana gemela? Can you tell Jane from her twin sister?
¿Eres capaz de diferenciar un pato de un ganso? Can you tell a duck from a goose?
No puedo diferenciar a Tom de su hermano pequeño. I can't tell Tom and his younger brother apart.
Es lo suficientemente mayor para diferenciar el bien del mal. He is old enough to tell good from evil.
Es difícil diferenciar a esos dos gemelos porque se parecen mucho. It's difficult to tell those two twins apart because they look so much alike.
Es difícil diferenciar a un inglés de un estadounidense solo por su apariencia. It is hard to tell an Englishman from American just by looks.
No podemos diferenciar a una persona buena de una mala sólo por su apariencia. We cannot tell a good person from a bad one by looks alone.
Resulta imposible diferenciar desde un punto de vista bioquímico entre unha neurosis obsesiva y un intenso amor. It seems that it's impossible to distinguish an obsessional neurosis from an intense love from a biochemical perspective.
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