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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distinguishable
adj
  1. capable of being perceived as different or distinct; "only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom"; "a project distinguishable into four stages of progress"; "distinguishable differences between the twins"
    Antonym(s): indistinguishable, undistinguishable
  2. (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
    Synonym(s): distinct, distinguishable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Distinguishable \Dis*tin"guish*a*ble\, a.
      1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible;
            discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a
            distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
  
                     A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is
                     not distinguishable into different ideas. --Locke.
  
      2. Worthy of note or special regard. --Swift.
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