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distinguishness

English

Etymology

distinguish +? -ness

Noun

distinguishness (uncountable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, proscribed) The state or quality of being distinguishable.
  2. (rare, nonstandard, proscribed) The state or quality of being distinguished.

Usage notes

  • Generally an error made by non-native speakers.

distinguishness From the web:

  • what distinguishes atherosclerosis from arteriosclerosis
  • what distinguishes bacteria from archaea
  • what distinguishes mass from weight
  • what distinguishes rainforests from temperate forests
  • what distinguishes the savanna and grassland biomes
  • what distinguishes an allele from a gene
  • what distinguishes one element from another
  • what distinguishes a debate from a regular argument

distinguishing

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

Translations

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.

distinguishing From the web:

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  • what distinguishing feature are the elephants missing
  • what distinguishing mean
  • how to identify realism in literature
  • what are the features of realism
  • what are the main features of realism
  • what are characteristics of realism in literature
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