distinct

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 33.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Capable of being perceived very clearly.

   Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.

2. adjective Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").

   Horses are distinct from zebras.

3. adjective Noticeably different from others; distinctive.

   Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.

4. adjective Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
5. adjective Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
6. adjective Marked; variegated.
7. verb To distinguish; to make a distinction.

Similar words

defined distinguishable well-defined definite decided discrete clear-cut different clean-cut separate

Often followed by

from and in species types groups advantage as parts

Word family

distincter distinctest distinction distinctions distinctive distinctively distinctly distinctness distinctnesses