distinct

Definition for distinct

adjective as in apparent, obvious

Strongest matches

definite, noticeable, recognizable, specific, unmistakable

Weak matches

audible, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, decided, enunciated, evident, explicit, express, incisive, lucid, manifest, marked, palatable, patent, perspicuous, plain, prescribed, sharp, sharp-cut, transparent, trenchant, unambiguous, unequivocal, well-defined

adjective as in different; unconnected

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discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, divergent, diverse, offbeat, particular, peculiar, separate, special, specific, unique, various

Weak matches

detached, disunited, especial, individual, poles apart, separated, several, single, sole, unassociated, unattached

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Unlike most novelists, his voice has two distinct but overlapping registers.

From Los Angeles Times

That gap of 1.3 million gets at a problem totally distinct from an overall shortage of homes.

From Los Angeles Times

The court described it as “a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times

As a historian of the early republic, I believe that seeing this violence in America as distinct “episodes” is wrong.

From Salon

This attachment is often tied to both nostalgia and sentimentality, but these are distinct concepts says psychotherapist Stelios Kiosses, host of Channel 4's The Hoarder Next Door.

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