distinguishment
- a word derived from distinguish.
Example Sentences
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Asked how other children reacted to him, Matthew joked: "Once they got past they initial distinguishment of fiction and reality, and they realised he can't fly, then the disappointment would set in."
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
"The common existence of natural organic matter certainly requires prudent distinguishment."
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024
It is not abundant, and the veins are limited in extent; the only distinguishment it has from the dolomite, practically, is its fibrous structure, the fibers being brittle and very coarse.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
Its easiest distinguishment from the other minerals of this locality, with which it might be confounded, is its great hardness of from 6 to 7.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
Accurate distinguishment between such "enrichments" as have and such as have not a doctrinal bearing is, no doubt, a delicate point, and must be set down among the difficulties to be encountered.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed
