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• One of the best ways to tell the difference, Pratt said, is to look for a hump at the shoulders.
  — Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
• Read on to learn how to tell the difference between a canker sore and a cold sore.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
• The easiest way to tell the difference is to look for a bulb.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2023
• The easiest way to tell the difference is to look for a bulb.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2023
• The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the label.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
• On the outside, most people won't be able to tell the difference.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
• Learn the names of some common species found in Mounds State Park, and how to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
• But your nervous system can’t tell the difference between the mental bear, and the real bear that’s in the room.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• That’s the case even if the images are fake because other students may not be able to tell the difference.
  — Anna North, Vox, 2 May 2024
• Apple didn’t spend much time talking about it at the iPhone 14 event, but upgraders should be able to tell the difference.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 Sep. 2022
• Fakes have become so good, even the savviest sneaker-heads can’t tell the difference.
  — Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• This is one way that a provider may be able to tell the difference between Lyme disease and ringworm.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 3 Aug. 2024
• The only way to tell the difference is to run genetic testing.
  — Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
• Was the issue that Clarkesworld couldn’t tell the difference between the human- and chatbot-written entries?
  — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Scientists don’t yet have enough data to tell the difference or to know how much signal comes from what type of source.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 June 2023
• So, given the wide variations, don’t count on color to tell the difference.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
• That may all change with the knowledge that honeybees can learn to tell the difference between even and odd groupings.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
• Today there are many more ways to fabricate a song, and fewer ways to tell the difference between us and the robots.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 6 May 2024
• World IDs could be used to tell the difference between real people and AI bots online.
  — Reuters, CNN, 24 July 2023
• That answer drew a round of questioning from other justices about how to tell the difference.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• What’s more, experts still struggle even to tell the difference between the male and female remains of dinosaurs.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2023
• Matthews said the goal was to put the product head-to-head with Taco Bell’s signature beef offerings without being able to tell the difference.
  — Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
• The software can tell the difference between a phone in someone’s hand and a phone in a dashboard mount, based on its motion signature.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• The variation is in a class of genes called HLA that helps the immune system tell the difference between the body’s own proteins and those of viruses and bacteria.
  — Tim Loh, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• And until recently, doctors and patients had no way to tell the difference.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
• Diggs could already tell the difference from the defensive line.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
• Read on to learn more about losing your mucus plug and how to tell the difference between your mucus plug, pregnancy discharge, and bloody show.
  — Tina Donvito, Parents, 31 July 2023
• The second problem is now that 5G service is more broadly available in the United States, lots of us who have 5G can’t really tell the difference.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Read on to learn how to tell the difference between the causes of a stuffy nose and how to alleviate sinus pressure caused by nasal congestion.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• For most people, symptoms alone aren’t enough to tell the difference between PMS and early pregnancy.
  — Wendy Wisner, Health, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024