Definition of Distinction

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Distinction

A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.

The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.

That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.

Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.

Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.

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Distinction Quotations

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
Buddha

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
John Lennon

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
Theodore Roosevelt

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
Jane Austen

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
Audrey Hepburn

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
Niccolo Machiavelli

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
George W. Bush

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
Orson Welles

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Distinction Translations

distinction in Dutch is onderscheiding
distinction in French is distinction
distinction in German is Unterscheidung {f}, Auszeichnung {f}
distinction in Italian is distinzione
distinction in Latin is ornamentum
distinction in Norwegian is utmerkelse, forskjell

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