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Definition of Distinguishing
1. a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
Definition of Distinguishing
1. Verb. (present participle of distinguish) ¹
2. Adjective. That serves to distinguish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distinguishing
1. distinguish [v] - See also: distinguish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distinguishing
Literary usage of Distinguishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Peter Augustin Daniel by William Shakespeare, Peter Augustin Daniel (1874)
"... Index of all the words distinguishing Shakspere's from Fletcher's, by Harold
Littledale, Esq., ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"have abo supplied, as customary slaughter animals, the distinguishing marks for
discrimination of doubtful animals (for example, game). ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"DIFFICULTY OF Distinguishing THE CAUSES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY OF THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT We are liable to frequent errors in the research of those ..."
4. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... of Domestic Varieties—Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and
Species—Origin of Domestic Varieties from one or more Species—Domestic Pigeons, ..."
5. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Cecil Clare Marston Dale, Henry Wilmot Seton, Great Britain Court of Appeal, Great Britain High Court of Justice. Chancery Division, W. Clowes (1893)
"Account iti Debenture-holders' Action, distinguishing between different Classes.
THIS action coming on &c. in the presence of counsel for the Pit and Defts, ..."
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