distinction (n.)
- accolade
- account
- alteration
- analysis
- ancestry
- appropriateness
- aristocracy
- atomization
- award
- badge
- birth
- blood
- celebrity
- change
- characterization
- chasteness
- chastity
- clarity
- classicalism
- classicism
- clearness
- comeliness
- consequence
- conspicuousness
- contradistinction
- contrariety
- contrast
- correctness
- credit
- decoration
- definition
- delicacy
- demarcation
- departure
- description
- deviation
- difference
- differentia
- differential
- differentiation
- dignity
- directness
- disagreement
- discordance
- discrepancy
- discreteness
- discrimination
- disjunction
- disparity
- dissent
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- dissonance
- distinctiveness
- distinctness
- divergence
- divergency
- diversification
- diversity
- division
- ease
- elegance
- elevation
- eminence
- esteem
- exaltation
- excellence
- fame
- felicitousness
- felicity
- finish
- fittingness
- flow
- fluency
- genteelness
- gentility
- glory
- grace
- gracefulness
- gracility
- grandeur
- greatness
- hairline
- hairsplitting
- heroism
- heterogeneity
- honor
- illustriousness
- importance
- incompatibility
- incongruity
- inconsistency
- individualization
- individuation
- inequality
- inharmoniousness
- kudos
- laurels
- limpidity
- loftiness
- lucidity
- magnanimity
- majesty
- margin
- mark
- memorability
- merit
- mixture
- modification
- naturalness
- neatness
- nicety
- nobility
- nobleness
- nonconformity
- notability
- note
- nuance
- odds
- opposition
- ornament
- otherness
- particularization
- pellucidity
- personalization
- perspicuity
- plainness
- polish
- preeminence
- prestige
- prominence
- propriety
- purity
- quality
- rank
- refinement
- renown
- reputation
- repute
- restraint
- royalty
- salience
- seemliness
- segregation
- separateness
- separation
- severance
- significance
- simplicity
- smoothness
- specialization
- straightforwardness
- sublimity
- subtlety
- superiority
- taste
- tastefulness
- terseness
- unaffectedness
- uniqueness
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxy
- value
- variance
- variation
- variegation
- variety
- worth
distinction (v.)
If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Distinction without a difference.
