odliujú

Odliují is the present-tense form of the Czech verb odlišovat, meaning to differentiate, distinguish, or tell apart. It denotes the act of recognizing differences between items, phenomena, or groups. The standard spelling in modern Czech for the third-person plural is odlišují; the form odliují is typically considered a misspelling or a nonstandard variant, often arising when diacritics are omitted.

Etymology and related terms. The verb odlišovat is built from the prefix od- (away, apart) and the root lišēt (related to distinguishing or distinguishing features). It is closely related to odlišit (to distinguish, to differentiate, to separate) and to rozlišovat (to distinguish between multiple options). In usage, odlišovat emphasizes identifying differences rather than simply comparing; rozlišovat can be broader, including recognizing similarities or contrasts among more than two items.

Usage. Odlišovat is a transitive verb and is commonly used in science, linguistics, taxonomy, and everyday discussion when two or more things are compared. It appears in contexts such as differentiating species, theories, methods, or forms of expression. In Czech, one often says that two theories se odlišují, or that několik druhů se odlišuje podle určitého kritéria. The verb can be reflexive in related phrases, for example odlišovat se od něčeho (to differentiate oneself from something).

Examples. Dvě školy se odlišují způsobem výkladu. Tyto druhy se odlišují hlavně barvou a tvarem. In formal or precise writing, odlišovat is preferred over odliují, with the standard 3rd person plural form odlišují.

See also. rozlišovat, odlišit.