distinctions

noundifferentiation; feature
nounprominence; achievement

Synonyms for distinctions

noun differentiation; feature

Antonyms for distinctions

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "one of the parts into which something is divided;" mid-14c. as "action of distinguishing," from Old French distinction and directly from Latin distinctionem (nominative distinctio) "separation, distinction, discrimination," noun of action from past participle stem of distinguere (see distinguish). Meaning "distinctive nature or character" is late 14c. Meaning "excellence or eminence" (what distinguishes from others) is first recorded 1690s.

Example Sentences for distinctions

But the good of my country must stand on a higher ground than distinctions like these.

And this poet was proud, and vain, and in love with all distinctions.

Nay, are not all these things sacrificed the moment they cease to be distinctions?

Imogen had been unused to the distinctions of rank and precedence.

The jury, it seems, made no distinctions between opinions and acts.

Where there are no differences and no distinctions there can be no relations.

Both celebrity and notoriety are distinctions to be shunned.

Distinctions of the social sort were few in Arapahoe County.

In the community, it was held, these distinctions disappeared.

But in English these distinctions are perpetuated in the very structure of the language.