"distinguishing from" is an acceptable phrase to use in written English.
For example: We must carefully distinguish our approach from that of the competitors.
The studied Hanifa Formation exhibits an obvious cyclicity, distinguishing from vertical variations in lithofacies types.
Distinguishing from diapirism in the Mississippi delta, three stages of the soft stratum deformation and diapirism are established in the Yellow River delta.
For the CRHR distinguishing from the Carnot refrigerator working between two heat reservoirs (TH and TL), there are two important performance parameters, including refrigeration coefficient and heat recovery coefficient (εR), existing in the cycle.
Particularly, it is proved that, distinguishing from Rayleigh waves, the velocity of Love waves varies linearly with pre-stretch for a given frequency, a striking feature which is highly desirable in the sensor designs.
In the meantime, advances like turbocharging and high-pressure fuel injection have transformed diesel cars from soot-belching slowpokes with a telltale clickety-clack sound to smooth, tidy and powerful machines that many Americans would have a hard time distinguishing from gasoline models.
WikiLeaks (which the columnist Bret Stephens, of the Wall Street Journal, recently had trouble distinguishing from the phone-hacking scandal) generated significant information about how our political, diplomatic, and military institutions function, in ways that can lead to an enriched democracy.
