DICTOMETER

DISTINCT

(distinct, claro, distinto, forskjellig, tydelig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Distinct
   • Distinguishable
   Definitions:
   • (often followed by `from') not alike
   • different in nature or quality
   Examples:
   • Plants of several distinct types
   • The word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
   • Gold is distinct from iron
   • A tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
   • Management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
   Antonyms:
   • Same
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Distinct
   Definitions:
   • easy to perceive
   • especially clearly outlined
   Examples:
   • A distinct flavor
   • A distinct odor of turpentine
   • A distinct outline
   • The ship appeared as a distinct silhouette
   • Distinct fingerprints
   Antonyms:
   • INDISTINCT
   • bedimmed
   • bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
   • cloudy, nebulose, nebulous
   • dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
   • faint
   • veiled
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Discrete
   • Distinct
   Definitions:
   • constituting a separate entity or part
   Examples:
   • A government with three discrete divisions
   • On two distinct occasions
   Antonyms:
   • Joint
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Distinct
   • Decided
   Definitions:
   • recognizable
   • marked
   Examples:
   • Noticed a distinct improvement
   • At a distinct (or decided) disadvantage
   Antonyms:
   • Indefinite
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Clear-cut
   • Distinct
   • Trenchant
   Definitions:
   • clearly or sharply defined to the mind
   Examples:
   • Clear-cut evidence of tampering
   • Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
   • Trenchant distinctions between right and wrong
   Antonyms:
   • Unclear