distinction
noun
a marking off or distinguishing as different.
subdistinction
-
a word derived from
distinction.
Example Sentences
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With regard again to the other species of mountain, which we have termed rocky, we must make a subdistinction of those which are regular, and those in which there is no regularity to be perceived.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by James Hutton
