| NOUN | a distinction | distinctions |
| SYNO | differentiation | distinction | eminence | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- Some authors do not make a clear distinction between algebraic sets and varieties and use "irreducible variety" to make the distinction when needed.
- The major distinction Aquinas makes is that of essence and existence.
- The distinction between inland and being marine is occasionally open to discussion. No distinction is made here between river and Great Lakes ports.
- Eastern Orthodox theologians generally regard this distinction as a real distinction, and not just a conceptual distinction.
- This East-West religious distinction, just as with the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it, is broad and not precise.
- The current 1983 Code of Canon Law maintains the distinction between solemn and simple vows, but no longer makes any distinction between their juridical effects, including the distinction between "orders" and "congregations".
- The distinction between a stock and a flow variable is elementary, and dates back centuries in accounting practice (distinction between an asset and income, for instance).
- She studied piano at the Luxembourg Conservatory, with Lucien Lambotte, and at age 14 won „Premier prix avec grande distinction par 60 points“, (“first prize with distinction”).
- An intentional distinction is where the very same thing is expressed by different concepts in different ways ("Quodl". ...
- Young speakers and second-language learners are increasingly making a voiced/unvoiced distinction between consonants, rather than the traditional unaspirated/aspirated distinction.
- 2016: Scientific distinction, "Ameghiniana Scientific" magazine.
- The Tibetan distinction is a phonemic-phonetic one; the Cantonese distinction is not.
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