tell the difference
Example Sentences
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To explore that communication, Javadzadeh and her colleagues trained mice to tell the difference between two visual patterns tilted in opposite directions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s hard to tell the difference and understaffed federal agencies weren’t going to bother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Asked whether a customer could tell the difference, Mariani said: "It is very difficult for a member of the public that is not a trained fish biologist to identify one fillet from another."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
I became afraid, since I could no longer tell the difference between dream and reality.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
