Difference between Tell Apart and Distinguish

TELL APART vs DISTINGUISH: VERB

To make one's self noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
To see someone or something as different from others.
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
Make conspicuous or noteworthy
Detect with the senses
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Mark as different

To perceive as being different or distinct.
To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible.
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between.
To perceive distinctly; discern.
To demonstrate or describe as being different or distinct.
To be an identifying characteristic of; make noticeable or different.
To cause (oneself) to be respected or eminent.
To perceive or indicate differences; discriminate.

To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.
To constitute a difference; to make to differ.
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference.

To mark or note in a way to indicate difference; mark as distinct or different; characterize; indicate the difference of.
To recognize as different or distinct from what is contiguous or similar; perceive or discover the differences or characteristic marks or qualities of; recognize by some distinctive mark; know or ascertain difference in through the senses or the understanding; perceive or make out.
Hence To establish, state, or explain a difference or the differences between two or more things; separate by classification or definition; discriminate; set off or apart.
To discern critically; judge.
To separate from others by some mark of honor or preference; treat with distinction or honor; make eminent or superior; give distinction to.
To make a distinction; find or show a difference: followed by between.
To become distinct or distinguishable; become differentiated.
Sometimes in a very positive sense

Kenspeckle, Despecificate, Distinguishingly, Dioristic, Secernate, Secern, Pick out, Severalize, Make out, Separate, Differentiate, Distinguish, Discern, Recognize, Tell

Secern, Pick out, Key out, Key, Mark, Name, Signalize, Separate, Tell, Discover, Describe, Recognize, Identify, Discern, Differentiate

Mark out, Come between, Indistinguishing, Kenspeckle, Despecificate, Distinguishingly, Dioristic, Severalize, Secern, Separate, Differentiate, Distinguish, Discern, Recognize, Tell

Tell apart, Severalize, Secern, Key, Mark, Name, Signalize, Separate, Tell, Discover, Describe, Recognize, Identify, Discern, Differentiate

In a mixture, elements may be so thoroughly mixed that they are impossible to tell apart.
Ideally the discriminator should be able to tell apart image reconstructions from ground truth images.
Many birds look similar and can be hard to tell apart from a distance.
Most DNA sequences in different people look too similar to tell apart.
This is a simple string you set to tell apart different requests.
How do I tell apart one clause from another in a text?
They are easy to tell apart just by looking at them.
Amphiboles are a large and difficult group to tell apart.
Night mode shots are also hard to tell apart.
But spiders can be hard to tell apart.