Distinct

Dis`tinct´

a.	1.	Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. Wherever thus created - for no place Is yet distinct by name. - Milton.
	2.	Marked; variegated. The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. - Spenser.
	3.	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.
	4.	Not identical; different; individual. To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. - Shak.
	5.	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.
v. t.	1.	To distinguish.

Adj.	1.	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 - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	2.	distinct - (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" Synonyms: distinguishable
	3.	distinct - constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" Synonyms: discrete
	4.	distinct - recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" Synonyms: decided
	5.	distinct - 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" Synonyms: clear-cut, trenchant

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