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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. distinction

    A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

    Synonyms:
    attribute, attribute, character, characteristic, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. distinction

    Synonyms:
    difference, separation, dignity, eminence

    Antonyms:
    unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. differentiation, distinctionnoun

    a discrimination between things as different and distinct

    "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

    Synonyms:
    specialization, preeminence, note, specialisation, eminence, differentiation

  2. eminence, distinction, preeminence, notenoun

    high status importance owing to marked superiority

    "a scholar of great eminence"

    Synonyms:
    differentiation, annotation, tubercle, note, government note, banknote, banker's bill, preeminence, bank bill, short letter, eminence, musical note, bill, bank note, tuberosity, line, notation, tone, greenback, note of hand, promissory note, billet

  3. distinctionnoun

    a distinguishing quality

    "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

    Synonyms:
    differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

  4. distinctionnoun

    a distinguishing difference

    "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

    Synonyms:
    differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. distinctionnoun

    Synonyms:
    discrimination, notation of difference

  2. distinctionnoun

    Synonyms:
    repute, reputation, celebrity, note, name, fame, renown, account, credit, respectability, eminence, superiority

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  1. distinctionnoun

    Synonyms:
    discrimination, eminence, celebrity, renown, fame, repute, prominence

    Antonyms:
    indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity

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How to use distinction in a sentence?

  1. Michael Kozak:

    I think we make quite a distinction between political leaders being able to speak out and say, 'That story was not accurate,' or using even stronger words sometimes, and using state power to prevent the journalists from continuing to do their work.

  2. Dick Cheney:

    As I have said before, Scooter, has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction through many years of public service.

  3. Nancy Pelosi:

    They’re so consumed by their radical ideology, so disconnected from reality that even the pleas of expectant mothers and poisoned children fall on deafears, i like to always make the distinction between a reason and an excuse.

  4. Jeffrey Toobin:

    I think you need to draw a distinction between illegal immigrants who commit crimes and other immigrants who don't commit crimes.

  5. Joe Biden:

    I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women... are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction.


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