adjective
(often followed by `from') not alike
Synonyms
Examples
- different in nature or quality
- 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
adjective
easy to perceive
Examples
- especially clearly outlined
- a distinct flavor
- a distinct odor of turpentine
- a distinct outline
- the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette
- distinct fingerprints
adjective
constituting a separate entity or part
Synonyms
Examples
- a government with three discrete divisions
- on two distinct occasions
adjective
recognizable
Synonyms
Examples
- marked
- noticed a distinct improvement
- at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage
adjective
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
Synonyms
Examples
- clear-cut evidence of tampering
- Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
- trenchant distinctions between right and wrong