Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to: *

Distinction (philosophy) Distinction, the fundamental philosophical abstraction, involves the recognition of difference. In classical philosophy, there were various ways in which things could be distinguished. The merely logical or virtual distinction, such as the diffe ...

, the recognition of difference *

Formal distinction In scholastic metaphysics, a formal distinction is a distinction intermediate between what is merely conceptual, and what is fully real or mind-independent—a logical distinction. It was made by some realist philosophers of the Scholastic peri ...

Distinction (law) Distinction (principle of distinction) is a principle under international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict, whereby belligerents must distinguish between combatants and protected civilians. Combatant in thi ...

, a principle in international law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict * Distinction (sociology), a social force that places different values on different individuals *

Distinct (mathematics) In mathematics, an inequation is a statement that either an ''inequality'' (relations "greater than" and "less than", ) or a relation "not equal to" (≠) holds between two values. It is usually written in the form of a pair of expressions den ...

Distinctive feature In linguistics, a distinctive feature is the most basic unit of phonology, phonological structure that distinguishes one Phone (phonetics), sound from another within a language. For example, the feature

Voice (phonetics), voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound productio ...

''distinguishes ...

, a concept in linguistics * ''Distinción'', in Spanish, separating consonantal sounds, see

Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives In Spanish dialects and varieties, Spanish dialectology, the realization of Coronal consonant, coronal Fricative, fricatives is one of the most prominent features distinguishing various dialect regions. The main three realizations are the phonem ...

* The

Hua–Yi distinction During the late Zhou dynasty, the inhabitants of the Central Plains began to distinguish between and ( zh, t=華夷秩序, p=huáyí zhìxù), referred to by some historians as the Sino–barbarian dichotomy. They defined themselves as part of ...

, the difference between ''China'' (Hua) and barbarian outsiders (Yi), applied culturally and ethnically * ''

Distinction (book) ''Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste'' (''La Distinction: Critique sociale du jugement'', 1979) by Pierre Bourdieu, is a sociological report about the state of French culture, based upon the author's empirical research fr ...

'', a book by Pierre Bourdieu *

Distinction (horse) Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to: * Distinction (philosophy), the recognition of difference * Formal distinction * Distinction (law), a principle in international law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict * Distin ...

, Irish gelding, third in the

2005 Melbourne Cup The 2005 Melbourne Cup was the 145th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over , was held on 1 November 2005 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. It was won by Makybe Diva at the age o ...

Distinction (song) Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to: * Distinction (philosophy), the recognition of difference * Formal distinction * Distinction (law), a principle in international law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict * Disti ...

, song and album by

The Suffrajets The Suffrajets were a British all girl four-piece rock band formed by Alex Gillings and Gemma Clarke. The last line-up was Alex Gillings (rhythm guitar), Gemma Clarke (drums), Claire Wakeman (lead guitar, vocals) and Lulu Small (bass). The ba ...

Awards and honors

* an

Award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be d ...

or quality of an award recipient *

Latin honors Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sout ...

, indications of relative achievement among academic degree recipients * Any one of the

Nine Distinctions The nine bestowments () were awards given by Chinese emperors to officials, ostensibly to reward them for their accomplishments. While the nature of the bestowments was probably established during the Zhou dynasty, there was no record of anyone ...

, awarded by the Chinese emperor *

Order of Distinction The Order of Distinction (OD) is a national order in the Jamaican honours system. It is the sixth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour, which were instituted by an Act of Parliament (''The National Honours and Awards Ac ...

, award in the Jamaican school honours system * in

Austrian Bundesheer The Austrian Armed Forces () are the combined military forces of Austria. The military consists of 16,000 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 1.0% of national GDP (including pensions) or €3.317 billion (20 ...

German Bundeswehr The (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: Germ ...

and

Norwegian Army The Norwegian Army () is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The ...

synonym for ''rank insignia''

Awards and honors

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