Recognise a distinction (12)
I believe the answer is:
discriminate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">recognise a distinction</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for discriminate that I've seen before include "Perceive a distinction" , "Recognise a distinction" , "Tell apart" , "Single out" , "to show bias" .)