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DISTINCTION

Definition:

1. [noun] a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
   Synonyms: differentiation
   
   
2. [noun] high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
   Synonyms: eminence, preeminence, note
   
   
3. [noun] a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"
   
   
4. [noun] a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"
   
   

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Related Words:

• contradistinction
• line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast
• hairsplitting, word-splitting
• king

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