demarcate vs tell apart

demarcate and tell apart both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
demarcate	No	No	Yes	No
tell apart	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tell apart is a hypernym of demarcate; that is, tell apart is a word with a broader meaning than demarcate:

Other hypernyms of demarcate include differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell.

demarcate (verb)	tell apart (verb)
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something	mark as different
separate clearly, as if by boundaries	detect with the senses