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1
being not of the same kind
- two distinct approaches to the same problem
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2
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
- a person with a distinct Scottish accent
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- apparent,
- bald,
- bald-faced,
- barefaced,
- bright-line,
- broad,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- crystal clear,
- decided,
- evident,
- lucid,
- luculent,
- luminous,
- manifest,
- nonambiguous,
- obvious,
- open-and-shut,
- palpable,
- patent,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- ringing,
- straightforward,
- transparent,
- unambiguous,
- unambivalent,
- unequivocal,
- unmistakable
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- ambiguous,
- clouded,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- equivocal,
- indistinct,
- mysterious,
- nonobvious,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- unapparent,
- unclarified,
- unclear
3
of a particular or exact sort
- I left distinct instructions that my books were not to be touched
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4
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
- one of the distinct traits of a preliterate society
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The first known use of distinct was in the 14th century
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