Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to:

  • Distinction (philosophy), the recognition of difference
  • Formal distinction
  • Distinction (law), a principle in international humanitarian 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)
  • Distinctive feature, a concept in linguistics
  • Distinción, in Spanish, separating consonantal sounds, see Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives
  • The Hua–Yi distinction, the difference between China (Hua) and barbarian outsiders (Yi), applied culturally and ethnically
  • Distinction (book), a book by Pierre Bourdieu
  • Distinction (horse), Irish gelding, third in the 2005 Melbourne Cup
  • Distinction (song), song and album by The Suffrajets

Awards and honors

  • an Award or quality of an award recipient
  • Latin honors, indications of relative achievement among academic degree recipients
  • Any one of the Nine Distinctions(Bestowments), awarded by the Chinese emperor
  • Order of Distinction, award in the Jamaican school honours system
  • in Austrian Bundesheer, German Bundeswehr and Norwegian Army synonym for rank insignia

See also

  • Distinguishable (disambiguation)