distinction

[Dis*tinc·tion]

When you are marked for distinction, it means you are someone who is going to do well in life. You will set yourself apart from others. Distinction means being set apart, often by excellence.

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A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

Noun
a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

Noun
a distinguishing quality; "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

Noun
a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

Noun
high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"


n.
A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

n.
The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.

n.
That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.

n.
Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.

n.
Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.


Distinction

Dis*tinc"tion , n. [L. distinctio: cf. F. distinction.] 1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.]
The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known.
2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.
To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite.
3. That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.
The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter.
4. Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.
Maids, women, wives, without distinction, fall.
5. Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.
Your country's own means of distinction and defense.
Syn. -- Difference; variation, variety; contrast; diversity; contrariety; disagreement; discrimination; preference; superiority; rank; note; eminence.

A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

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Usage Examples

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.

Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.

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Other Usage Examples

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.

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