Vocabulary Word
Word: distinction
Definition: honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction
Definition: honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction
Sentences Containing 'distinction'
It is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.
She likes to have the distinction of rank preserved.''
The only distinction of which he is capable lies in this direction.
It is a most curious distinction, when one comes to look at it and think about it.
``Why, you have just said, a man of high distinction.''
and what has procured me so fluttering a distinction?''
One is a careful distinction between things which are in our power and things which are not.
The distinction of species he explains by the destruction of intermediate graduated forms.
But it harmonises perfectly with the view that there is no essential distinction between species and varieties.
It requires no nice discernment or metaphysical head to mark the distinction between them.
Not that I mean to say these were special marks of distinction, which only I received.
It made me start as much as if it had been the knock of a footman to a person of distinction.
Those who stood nearest over against me, seemed to be persons of distinction, as I supposed by their habit.
I abandon the glory and distinction of such offices to those who like them.
The distinction, explicit in the 1960 Code of Rubrics, predates it.
That distinction doesn't exist for BIOS.
"Discrimination is an evil, but distinction is God's design."
It was the only narrative film to have that distinction.
Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game.
The distinction concerns pathogenicity in poultry, not humans.
Younger speakers do not make the ejective distinction.
The court, however, was not interested in her distinction between public and private statements.
This is the second consecutive year that OHS has received this distinction.
Other uses of these terms do not make the distinction and treat them as synonyms.
There is a legal distinction between these two acts.
The only graduate of the B.Sc Accounting programme to obtain this distinction.
He graduated top of the class with an M.Sc degree with a Distinction in Accounting.
To put it mildly, this can be an extremely subtle (and subjective) distinction.
This distinction is often lost, and both are often called recoilless rifles.
However, some make a distinction between the two terms.
Between 1806-1807, he fought with distinction at Jena, Eylau and Heilsberg.
Neither distinction of the person nor relationships swayed his judgments.
A distinction is drawn between Gross Output and Net output.
Several other members of the Verney family have also gained distinction.
This is in contrast to symmetric federalism, where no distinction is made between constituent states.
That distinction belongs to John Buhmiller, a gunsmith and hunter from Montana.
She received her diploma with distinction in 2006.
His chief divergence from Plato is the distinction between the "first god" and the "demiurge."
The distinction of the application is its ability to create unique photography effects.
Erected in 1870, the diocese has the distinction of being one of the oldest in all of Burma.
Social/technical distinction and reification.
Wunderlich achieved the highest distinction within the German repertory.
The distinction between the alternative terms in English is rather unclear.
"Note: To enable distinction between two separate entities in this section.
There was nothing else except MUFS and MOVIES... and there was no distinction between the two...
This distinction is a frequent source of viewer confusion.
It was the first time that video game developers were honored this distinction.
Several other members of the family have also gained distinction.
The context register made no distinction between user and supervisor states.
The distinction between the two is not always pronounced.