Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
It is not easy to distinguish a loyal friend ______ a flatterer.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. from.
- Distinguish between is used to differentiate between two objects or entities.
- Example: Distinguish between Phrasal Verbs and Idioms.
- Distinguish from is used to differentiate one thing from the rest.
- Example: Tagore has a unique style of writing which distinguishes him from the rest of the writers in India.
- Here we will use "from" because of the sentence structure, as "Distinguish" and "between" are used together as a whole but the blank is not given immediately after "Distinguish".
- The complete sentence will be: It is not easy to distinguish a loyal friend from a flatterer.