Definition of distinction

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Distinction (n.) A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

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Laity :: Laity (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it..
Factitious :: Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste..
Eupnaea :: Eupnaea (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized..
Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..
Anthropography :: Anthropography (n.) That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations..
Sex :: Sex (n.) One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
Nobility :: Nobility (n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred..
Hairsplitting :: Hairsplitting (a.) Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
Roman :: Roman (n.) Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics..
Erythrophyllin :: Erythrophyllin (n.) The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll..
Sphragistics :: Sphragistics (n.) The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Distinction :: Distinction (n.) Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction..
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive..
Suit :: Suit (n.) That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents..
Enchoric :: Enchoric (a.) Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic..
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Law :: Law (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament..
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