Meaning of DISTINGUISHING
| Pronunciation: | | di'stinggwishing
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| | Definition: | | [adj] serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features" |
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| | Synonyms: | | characteristic, distinctive, identifying(a) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*tin"guish*ing\, a.
Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else;
distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
--Locke.
{Distinguishing pennant} (Naut.), a special pennant by which
any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and
signaled. --Simmonds.
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| | Related Terms: | | accurate, appreciative, characteristic, characterizing, contrastive, critical, delicate, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, differential, differentiative, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, exact, exemplary, fastidious, fine, idiosyncratic, individualizing, individuating, natural, naturalistic, nice, normal, peculiar, personalizing, precise, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular, sample, selective, sensitive, separative, subtle, tactful, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, usual |
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