DISTINCTION

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distinction substantiv

1. distincţie, deosebire, discriminare; discernământ;

to draw / to make a distinction between a face o deosebire între;

in distinction from spre deosebire de.

2. diferenţă, deosebire;

all without distinction toţi fără deosebire aparentă / formală / artificială.

3. distincţie, semn distinctiv; grad, titlu, recompensă onorifică;

to gain distinction a se distinge, a se remarca.

4. consideraţie, respect, cinste;

to treat smb. with distinction a trata pe cineva cu respect / cu consideraţie.

5. merit, calitate excelenţă; reputaţie, faimă;

poet of distinction poet eminent / renumit.

6. individualitate, caracter personal;

his style lacks distinction stilul său e lipsit de personalitate;

inessential distinction deosebire neesenţială.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Men love to distinguish themselves, and in either of the other lines distinction may be gained, but not in the church.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

They will have it that nature teaches them to love the whole species, and it is reason only that makes a distinction of persons, where there is a superior degree of virtue.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Not that I mean to say these were special marks of distinction, which only I received.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It is something to think of, and it gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

It had just occurred to Mrs. Weston that Mrs. Elton must be asked to begin the ball; that she would expect it; which interfered with all their wishes of giving Emma that distinction.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The distinction between them—

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How may my honesty at least rise to any distinction?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

You achieved distinction, you know, when you were with us.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Yes; but we must not rest our claims on that distinction.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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