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English Dictionary: distinct	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distinct adj (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees" Synonym(s): distinct, distinguishable easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" Antonym(s): indistinct constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" Synonym(s): discrete, distinct recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" Synonym(s): distinct, decided clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" Synonym(s): clear-cut, distinct, trenchant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distinct \Distinct"\, a. [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See {Distinguish}.] 1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.] Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet distinct* by name. --Milton. 2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distinct \Dis*tinct"\, v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.