distinguishing
suomi-englanti sanakirjadistinguishing englanniksi
(infl of)
That serves to distinguish.
(quote-book)|year=1983|publisher=Knopf|ISBN=0679722106|passage=It has no obvious distinguishing characteristics, and therefore people are constantly ascribing to it the characteristics of other similar species.|page=118
{{quote-text|en|year=2022|title=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.
{{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=R. R. Cox|title=Schutz’s Theory of Relevance: A Phenomenological Critique|page=49