- easily or clearly heard, seen, felt, etc.
- There was a distinct smell of gas.
- His voice was quiet but every word was distinct.
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- clearly different or of a different kind
- The results of the survey fell into two distinct groups.
- distinct from something Jamaican reggae music is quite distinct from North American jazz or blues.
- We are talking about rural areas, as distinct from major cities.
Extra Examples- Political power should be regarded as analytically distinct from economic power.
- She was studying lung cancer, as distinct from other types of cancer.
- The various dialects are quite distinct from one another.
- geographically distinct regions
- Manufacturers hope their new products will be sufficiently distinct to command higher prices.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- appear
- become
- …
- very
- completely
- entirely
- …
- from
- as distinct from
- [only before noun] used to emphasize that you think an idea or situation definitely exists and is important synonym definite
- Being tall gave Tony a distinct advantage.
- I had the distinct impression I was being watched.
- A strike is now a distinct possibility.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘differentiated’): from Latin distinctus ‘separated, distinguished’, from the verb distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’.
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