- plural of distinction.
distinctions
Example Sentences
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Rather than reacting only to familiar properties such as color or intensity, it detects subtle quantum distinctions in the incoming light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
She puzzles out the distinctions among nursing homes, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities, as well as home healthcare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Its asymmetrical, free-form plate-glass top rests on a base made of two identical, U-shaped wooden legs —a configuration that blurs distinctions between primitivism and classicism, the organic and the engineered, furniture and art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Hemani’s answer is that constitutional rights cannot turn on analogies that survive only because the categories have been defined so broadly that the distinctions disappear.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Examples include the rules that govern punctuation, complex forms of agreement, and fine semantic distinctions between uncommon words like militate and mitigate and credible and credulous.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
