different between distinguishing vs exclusive

English

Verb

distinguishing

1. present participle of distinguish

Adjective

distinguishing (comparative more distinguishing, superlative most distinguishing)

1. That serves to distinguish.

Derived terms

• distinguishing penant
• undistinguishing

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Noun

distinguishing (plural distinguishings)

1. The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.
   • 2012, R. R. Cox, Schutz’s Theory of Relevance: A Phenomenological Critique (page 49)

     There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents.

English

Etymology

From Latin excl?s?vus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?sklu.s?v/, /?k?sklu.z?v/
• Hyphenation: ex?clu?sive

Adjective

exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive)

1. (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
2. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.

   Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.

3. Exclusionary.
4. Whole, undivided, entire.

   The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.

5. (linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.

   The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".

6. (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.

   They decided to no longer be exclusive.

Antonyms

• inclusive
• non-exclusive

Derived terms

Related terms

• excludent (discrimination)

Translations

Noun

exclusive (plural exclusives)

1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

   The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.

2. A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
3. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

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Further reading

• exclusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exclusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Adjective

exclusive

1. feminine singular of exclusif

Latin

Adjective

excl?s?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of excl?s?vus