distinguition

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noun

The act of distinguishing; the state or quality of being distinguished; distinguishment, distinction.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noundistinguition (plural distinguitions)

plural distinguitions

  1. nonstandardrarenon-native speakers' EnglishThe act of distinguishing; the state or quality of being distinguished; distinguishment, distinction.

    Both D- and L-tryptophan are so similar that distinguition of one of the isomers from the other is impossible.

    2016, Ernst Obermeier, Transducers ’01 Eurosensors XV: The 11th International Conference on Solid, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 401
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    It is this feature that helps in the distinguition between glioma and encephalocele. Management: Successful management of glioma is only by surgical removal of the mass in full.

    c. 2008, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Congenital Malformation of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, Otolaryngology Online, page 13

    Deliberations over the rights and wrongs of sentimentality continue, Robert is still having difficulty with vocabulary in this regard; 'Sensitive', 'sensible' and 'sentimental' – damn these 3 things, I'll never find the real distinguition out of them.

    2013, Angela Jackson, For Us It Was Heaven: The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton - From the Spanish Civil War to Mao's China, Sussex Academic Press, page 95

Origin

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APA

distinguition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distinguition

MLA

“distinguition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distinguition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distinguition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distinguition.

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