What does "distinct" mean?
Distinct: Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from. The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct. Clarendon.
- 3.Not identical; different; individual. To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. Shak.
- 4.So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect. Relation more particular and distinct. Milton.
- 5.To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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