distinctions
di-STINGK-shuhnz/dɪˈstɪŋkʃənz/
- 1Plural of distinction.
The essay draws careful distinctions between liberty and license.
Subtle distinctions in tone changed the meaning of her remark entirely.
Note
A plural only the countable uses can take. When distinction names a quality, as in a scholar of great distinction, it stays singular and uncountable. The plural instead counts separate things: individual points of difference drawn between ideas, or individual marks of honor and rank. A decorated officer may hold several distinctions, but eminence itself is never pluralized.
distinctions is a form of distinction
distinction, noun: The act of distinguishing or telling apart; the drawing of differences between things. Full entry
- Forms
- distinctiondistinctions plural
- Spelling
- distinction → distinctions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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