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								a discrimination between things as different and distinct it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
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								high status importance owing to marked superiority
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								a distinguishing quality
 it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town
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								a distinguishing difference
 he learned the distinction between gold and lead
 
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