distinction
- n a discrimination between things as different and distinct
it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation - n high status importance owing to marked superiority
- n a distinguishing quality
it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town - n a distinguishing difference
he learned the distinction between gold and lead
distinctness
- n the quality of being sharp and clear
- n the state of being several and distinct
- n the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known