Collocations withdistinction
These are words often used in combination withdistinction.
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artificial distinction
That is an artificial distinction.
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basic distinction
The basic distinction is whether these languages are regular or not.
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careful distinction
This requires careful distinction between association and causation.
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categorical distinction
They are mistaken in assuming that we propose a categorical distinction between monologue and dialogue.
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class distinction
Our primary concern in this study is with the word class distinction between nouns and verbs.
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clear distinction
However, a clear distinction must be made.
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clear-cut distinction
There exists a clear-cut distinction between will and be going to in their most obvious uses.
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conceptual distinction
The conceptual distinction was important.
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crucial distinction
This objection overlooks a crucial distinction, however.
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dubious distinction
My constituency had the dubious distinction of being almost equally threatened by all the inland sites.
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fine distinction
It is a fine distinction.
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fundamental distinction
Spatial location seems to be a fundamental distinction.
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important distinction
This is an important distinction.
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invidious distinction
I should be very sorry to make any invidious distinction in regard to the value of the services of any or all of my colleagues.
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key distinction
This is the key distinction.
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moral distinction
There was a seductive logic to claims of a moral distinction between compounders and personal ratepayers.
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neat distinction
These categories, in other words, do not fit in a neat distinction between formal and informal.
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precise distinction
If we observe parts that are sufficiently smaller, a precise distinction between its thermal and mechanical energy loses its meaning.
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rigid distinction
You have already objected against a rigid distinction between a social world and an object world, and you defend an 'animation' of the past object.
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sharp distinction
Such a sharp distinction is somewhat contrived.
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subtle distinction
There is a subtle distinction here.
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