Synonyms: distinction
Definition: a distinguishing difference
Usage: he learned the distinction between gold and lead
Similar words: difference
Definition: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
Usage: there are many differences between jazz and rock
Synonyms: distinction
Definition: a distinguishing quality
Usage: it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Synonyms: differentiation, distinction
Definition: a discrimination between things as different and distinct
Usage: it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
Similar words: secernment, discrimination
Definition: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
Synonyms: preeminence, note, distinction, eminence
Definition: high status importance owing to marked superiority
Usage: a scholar of great eminence
Similar words: high status
Definition: a position of superior status