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Definition of Distinction

Distinction A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination. That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good. Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance. Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction. Related Definitions: Act, And, Another, Apparent, As, Between, By, Circumstance, Conspicuous, Defined, Denoting, Difference, Discernment, Discrimination, Distinction, Distinguishing, Division, Eminence, Estimation, Exercise, From, Good, Honorable, Into, Is, Known, Man, Marking, Of, Off, One, Or, Qualities, Quality, Real, Regard, Separation, Sharply, Station, Superiority, That, The, Thing, To, Visible, Which

Distinction Quotations The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true. Buddha We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them. George W. Bush At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city. Nathaniel Parker Willis By object is meant some element in the complex whole that is defined in abstraction from the whole of which it is a distinction. John Dewey

Distinction Translations distinction in Dutch is onderscheiding distinction in French is distinction distinction in German is Unterscheidung {f}, Auszeichnung {f} distinction in Italian is distinzione distinction in Latin is ornamentum distinction in Norwegian is utmerkelse, forskjell

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