A distinction is made between the boiling point and the condensation point.
Colour vision is the ability to discriminate (or distinguish) lights on the basis of their wavelength composition.
To discriminate between a fluorescence signal and a background interference, ...
The eye can distinguish among (or identify) a great number of shades.
The light microscope cannot distinguish objects smaller than about 10-5 centimetre.
Geologists recognize (or differentiate) three major classes of rocks.
The normal eye readily distinguishes the figure.
To perceive the subtle differences between them, ...
We recognize four major classes of geosynclines.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика. Михаил Циммерман, Клавдия Веденеева. 2003.