distinguition
English
editEtymology
editFrom distinguish.
Noun
editdistinguition (plural distinguitions)
- (very rare, nonstandard, non-native speakers’ English) The act of distinguishing; the state or quality of being distinguished; distinguishment, distinction.
- 2016, Ernst Obermeier, Transducers ’01 Eurosensors XV: The 11th International Conference on Solid[1], Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 401:
- Both D- and L-tryptophan are so similar that distinguition of one of the isomers from the other is impossible.
- c. 2008, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Congenital Malformation of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses[2], Otolaryngology Online, page 13:
- It is this feature that helps in the distinguition between glioma and encephalocele. Management: Successful management of glioma is only by surgical removal of the mass in full.
- 2013, Angela Jackson, For Us It Was Heaven: The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton - From the Spanish Civil War to Mao's China[3], Sussex Academic Press, page 95:
- Deliberations over the rights and wrongs of sentimentality continue, Robert is still having difficulty with vocabulary in this regard; 'Sensitive', 'sensible' and 'sentimental' – damn these 3 things, I'll never find the real distinguition out of them.