Synonyms for distinction
dɪˈstɪŋk ʃəndis·tinc·tion

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1. distinction

   A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are characteristics of the American Indian. A sign is manifest to an observer; a mark or a characteristic may be more difficult to discover; an insensible person may show signs of life, while sometimes only close examination will disclose marks of violence. Pallor is ordinarily a mark of fear; but in some brave natures it is simply a characteristic of intense earnestness. Mark is sometimes used in a good, but often in a bad sense; we speak of the characteristic of a gentleman, the mark of a villain. Compare ATTRIBUTE; CHARACTER.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, character, characteristic, feature, indication, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, sign, singularity, trace, trait

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1. distinction

   Synonyms:
   difference, separation, dignity, eminence

   Antonyms:
   unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation

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1. differentiation, distinctionnoun

   a discrimination between things as different and distinct

   "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

   Synonyms:
   specialization, distinction, preeminence, note, specialisation, eminence, differentiation

2. eminence, distinction, preeminence, notenoun

   high status importance owing to marked superiority

   "a scholar of great eminence"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, distinction, annotation, tubercle, note, government note, banknote, banker's bill, preeminence, bank bill, short letter, eminence, musical note, bill, bank note, tuberosity, line, notation, tone, greenback, note of hand, promissory note, billet

3. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing quality

   "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

4. distinctionnoun

   a distinguishing difference

   "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, preeminence, note, eminence

Matched Categories

1. • High Status

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1. distinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   discrimination, notation of difference

2. distinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   repute, reputation, celebrity, note, name, fame, renown, account, credit, respectability, eminence, superiority

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1. distinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   discrimination, eminence, celebrity, renown, fame, repute, prominence

   Antonyms:
   indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity

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1. List of paraphrases for "distinction":

   difference, differentiation, discrimination, distinctness, distinguishing, separation, distinguished, distinctions, award, honour, honours, laude

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How to use distinction in a sentence?

1. The Prime Minister:

   This is what distinguishes us from our neighbors. We deplore and condemn these murderers. We will pursue them to the end. They name public squares after the murderers of children. This distinction cannot be blurred or covered up. It is important to say this even as we utter our condemnations and unite against the criminals among our people.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   Let us go no further down this road, i hope the Republican Leader and I can, in the coming months, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster, which is the most important distinction between the Senate and the House.

3. Carlyle Thayer:

   During the Vietnam War Hanoi always drew a distinction between the peace-loving American people and the imperialist American government, there was a basis for future reconciliation.

4. Shelly Palmer:

   Most technology is neither good nor bad, that distinction is reserved for people.

5. Patrick Paschall:

   We very intentionally made it so that we did not have questions about citizenship status, it undermines the premise of noncitizen voting to try to draw a distinction.