Definition of Distinction
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
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Buddha
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
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
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
Jane Austen
Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.
Ivan Illich
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
Isaac Newton
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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