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Adjective distinct has 5 senses
- distinct - 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"
Antonyms: indistinct, bedimmed, bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy, cloudy, nebulose, nebulous, dim, shadowy, vague, wispy, veiled, faint
- distinct, distinguishable - (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"
Antonym: same (indirect, via different)
- discrete, distinct - constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
Antonym: joint (indirect, via separate)
- distinct, decided - recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
Antonym: indefinite (indirect, via definite)
- clear-cut, distinct, trenchant - 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"
Antonym: unclear (indirect, via clear)
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