DISTINCTION


Meaning of DISTINCTION in English

noun

1 clear difference

ADJECTIVE

▪ critical , crucial , important , key , main , major , vital

▪ basic , essential , fundamental

▪ clear , clear-cut , obvious , real , rigid , sharp , strong

▪ fine , subtle

It was a subtle ~ but a very important one.

▪ broad , general

▪ simple

▪ logical

▪ meaningful , significant , useful , valid

▪ arbitrary , artificial , false , meaningless

▪ absolute

Is there always an absolute ~ between right and wrong?

▪ conventional , old , traditional

the conventional ~ between pure and applied science

▪ categorical , conceptual , formal , qualitative , semantic , theoretical

▪ legal , moral

▪ class , cultural , gender , racial , social

VERB + DISTINCTION

▪ draw , make

She draws an important ~ between the different kinds of illness.

▪ note , recognize , see , understand

We can see a sharp ~ between ambition and greed.

▪ blur , collapse , erase ( esp. AmE ), obscure

The ~ between amateur and professional players is being blurred.

DISTINCTION + VERB

▪ lie

Cultural ~s lie at the heart of these issues.

▪ exist

No legal ~ existed between cities and other corporations.

PREPOSITION

▪ without ~

All groups are entitled to this money without ~ (= without a difference being made between them) .

▪ ~ between

▪ ~ of

a society without ~s of class and privilege

2 excellence/fame

ADJECTIVE

▪ considerable , great

▪ dubious

▪ rare

▪ unique

▪ academic , intellectual , professional , social

Election to the NAE is an indication of professional ~.

VERB + DISTINCTION

▪ have

He has the dubious ~ of being the world's most famous gangster.

▪ achieve , earn

She achieved ~ in several fields of scholarship.

DISTINCTION + VERB

▪ belong

New York does not have the nation's oldest subway system; that ~ belongs to Boston.

PREPOSITION

▪ of ~

She is a historian of great ~.

▪ with ~

He served with ~ in the First World War.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .