distinction

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[ US /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/ ]
[ UK /dɪstˈɪŋkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
    it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
  2. high status importance owing to marked superiority
    a scholar of great eminence
  3. a distinguishing difference between similar things or people
    he learned the distinction between gold and lead
  4. an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority
    she graduated with the highest distinction
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How To Use distinction In A Sentence

  • In the course of what I have to say, the distinction between morality as convenience and morality as ideal will virtually collapse, along with a good deal else.
  • The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.
  • Her majesty awarded a distinction upon 〔 to 〕 the retiring Prime Minister.
  • The distinction between ranking and classification is an important one, even if it is lost on many in higher education.
  • His dissection of the eye yielded the distinction between cornea, retina, iris, and chorioid coat.
  • If used to designate eternal distinctions in God, it leads to tritheism, which is a form of polytheism.
  • One of only two remaining alligator species in the world, this reptile has the dubious distinction of being the planet's most endangered species.
  • I prefer the term reachable in the context of EE though simply because the common distinction between first set and follow set is not so important in Trail. Planet Python
  • This lack of varietal distinction or population grouping is often associated with high levels of variation within and among populations of a species.
  • In the case of marriage, calling SSM discriminatory or segregationist represents either a failure to adequately recognise the sexuality of the individual involved or more perniciously to regard that distinction as immaterial or undeserving of respect. Why are only queer rights on the chopping block?
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