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List of meaning for distinct

different in an obvious way

distinct, distinguishable(adj)

(often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality

"plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"

distinct(adj)

easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined

"a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

discrete, distinct(adj)

constituting a separate entity or part

"a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

distinct, decided(adj)

recognizable; marked

"noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

clear-cut, distinct, trenchant(adj)

clearly or sharply defined to the mind

"clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

being not of the same kind

two distinct approaches to the same problem

not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation

a person with a distinct Scottish accent

of a particular or exact sort

I left distinct instructions that my books were not to be touched

serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group

one of the distinct traits of a preliterate society

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