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Distinct

adjective

(often followed by 'from') not alike; different in nature or quality. Synonym: distinguishable. "The word 'nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses" , "Gold is distinct from iron" , "A tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech" , "Management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"

Easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined. "A distinct odor of turpentine" , "A distinct outline" , "The ship appeared as a distinct silhouette" , "Distinct fingerprints"

Constituting a separate entity or part. Synonym: discrete. "On two distinct occasions"

Recognizable; marked. Synonym: decided. "At a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

Clearly or sharply defined to the mind. Synonyms: clear-cut, trenchant. "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest" , "Trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

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"Distinct" Quotes from Famous Books

... I thought as I watched her. It came over me as a distinct surprise that Sue had been in all sorts of places and had been making all sorts of friends, had been having ambitions and dreams of her own—all the time I had been having mine. Most older brothers, I suppose, at some time or another have felt this same bewilderment. "Look here, ...

— The Harbor • Ernest Poole

... have the second banner. And on the left hand of our line shall the men be whom the Swedish king gave us, together with all the people who came to us in Sweden; and they shall have the third banner. I will also have the people divide themselves into distinct flocks or parcels, so that relations and acquaintances should be together; for thus they defend each other best, and know each other. We will have all our men distinguished by a mark, so as to be a field-token upon their ...

— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

... the use of any expression which might sound like a menace, but short of this I did my best to make my declaration of the impossibility of the French being allowed to remain at Fashoda as clear and distinct as could be expressed ...

— Khartoum Campaign, 1898 - or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan • Bennet Burleigh

... for almost every branch of employment not actually menial, from curates to lady's-maids, and the place of business was a large one. There were two entrances, and two distinct compartments, at the opposite ends of the building; but a broad, long counter ran the whole length of it, and a person at one end could see the applicants at the other as they stood by the counter. The compartment into which I entered ...

— The Doctor's Dilemma • Hesba Stretton

... will require to be read twice or three times by another. Besides this reason, I am inclined to believe that the constant study of ancient Greek is not a good preparation for popular English authorship. The scholar and the successful writer are two distinct persons. They may be occasionally combined in one by accident, but if the reader will run over in his mind the names of popular modern authors, he will find very few distinguished scholars ...

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton • Philip Gilbert Hamerton et al

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