easily sensed or understood; clear; precise - (when postpositive, followed by from)
not the same (as); separate (from); distinguished (from) not alike; different sharp; clear recognizable; definite explicit; unequivocal (of parts of a plant) not joined together; separate
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dis•tinct /dɪˈstɪŋkt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- distinguished as not being the same;
separate;
dissimilar:The two books are clearly distinct and made for different audiences. [be + ~ + from]Her business life is distinct from her social life. - clear to the senses or the mind;
plain;
unmistakable:a distinct shape. - unquestionably exceptional or notable;
great;
important:[before a noun]a distinct honor.
dis•tinct
(di stingkt′),USA pronunciation adj.
dis•tinct′ness, n.
- distinguished as not being the same;
not identical;
separate (sometimes fol. by from):His private and public lives are distinct. - different in nature or quality;
dissimilar (sometimes fol. by from):Gold is distinct from iron. - clear to the senses or intellect;
plain;
unmistakable:The ship appeared as a distinct silhouette. - distinguishing or perceiving clearly:distinct vision.
- unquestionably exceptional or notable:a distinct honor.
- [Archaic.]distinctively decorated or adorned.
- Latin distinctus, past participle of disting(u)ere to divide off, pick out, distinguish (di- di-2 + *sting(u)ere presumably, to prick, mark by pricking; compare instinct1, instigate)
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged individual. See various.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged well-defined, unconfused.
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indistinct.
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'as distinct from' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christian name
- Halacha
- Reformed
- Testament
- animal
- as
- back catalogue
- base metal
- bimanous
- blood relation
- brush fire
- chorus
- civil law
- colour
- common law
- commonalty
- copy
- culturology
- currency
- daytime
- dead weight
- down
- equitable
- everyday
- figure skating
- flan
- flesh
- form
- fraction
- grass roots
- graveyard
- ground
- historical
- imagination
- individual
- intellect
- land
- legitimate
- letter
- letterpress
- lexis
- line management
- loud
- materially
- matter
- merits
- moralism
- nature
- night
- night-time