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distinction
noun as in differentiation; feature
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noun as in prominence; achievement
Example Sentences
That distinction is one reason she’s “in the deflation camp.”
The pack is definitely not waterproof, which is an important distinction when you’re carrying a laptop.
In 2004, she won election as District Attorney of San Francisco serving with distinction.
One time when this distinction is particularly relevant is following major events such as the debates and party conventions.
When we say the brain’s “memory center,” the hippocampus, or the emotion center, the “amygdala,” these distinctions are based on cytoarchitectural maps.
Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.
That is a distinction with a sociological difference—for many, an uncomfortable one to consider.
But this may be a distinction without much of a difference—especially since Scalise admitted speaking before EURO.
It seems like a nuanced distinction, but it could have huge implications.
To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
See the distinction between the "sciences physiques" and the "sciences physiologiques" in the "Anatomic Générale," 1801.
Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.
In ordinary work, however, it is safer to base the distinction upon size than upon structure.
When large forms of the lymphocyte are present, the distinction is often difficult or impossible.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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