Definition of distinction

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

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Moralist :: Moralist (n.) One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes..
Hogging :: Hogging (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
Definable :: Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words..
Letterpress :: Letterpress (n.) Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree..
Magnate :: Magnate () A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name..
Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.
File :: File (n.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks..
Haemocytotrypsis :: Haemocytotrypsis (n.) A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemcytolysis..
Horse :: Horse (n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male..
Sea Coal :: Sea coal () Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land..
Earth :: Earth (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits..
Xylanthrax :: Xylanthrax (n.) Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal..
Layman :: Layman (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do..
Distinction :: Distinction (n.) A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.
Subjective :: Subjective (a.) Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states..
Entelechy :: Entelechy (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence..
Confluent :: Confluent (a.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction..
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