DISTINCTION

• (noun) a distinguishing difference

  "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

• (noun) a distinguishing quality

  "it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"

• (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct

  "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

  synonyms : differentiation

• (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority

  "a scholar of great eminence"

  synonyms : eminence , note , preeminence

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