distinct
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distinct
- /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
Rhymes with -ɪŋkt
Where it comes from
From Middle English distincte, past participle of distincten (“to distinguish, discern”), from Old French destincter, from Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere (“to distinguish”); see distinguish.
adjective distincter · more distinct · distinctest · most distinct
- Capable of being perceived very clearly. Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
- Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from"). Horses are distinct from zebras.
- Noticeably different from others; distinctive. Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.
- Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from. The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.
- Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.
- Marked; variegated. The which [place] was dight / With divers flowres distinct with rare delight.
verb distincts · distincting · distincted
- To distinguish; to make a distinction. Here every means is made use of to do away all distincting between federal and antifederal and I suspect with no very friendly design to the federal cause.
