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Words related to distinction

Related / Similar Words: differentiation, eminence, preeminence, note

Definition:

a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead";

a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town";

a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation";

high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence";

Hyponyms: contradistinction, line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast, hairsplitting, word-splitting, king

Derivational Morphology: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart, mark

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