distinction

1. (noun) a distinguishing difference: "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"
Related Words: difference

2. (noun) a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"
Related Words: quality

3. (noun) a discrimination made between things as different; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
Synonyms: differentiation
Related Words: contradistinction, contrast, demarcation, discrimination, dividing line, hairsplitting, line, word-splitting

4. (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
Synonyms: eminence, note, preeminence
Related Words: high status



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