distincter
distincter is the comparative form of distinct.
Meaning of distinct
Adjective
distinct (comparative distincter or more distinct, superlative distinctest or most distinct)
- Capable of being perceived very clearly.
- Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
- Synonyms:
- clear
- Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
- Horses are distinct from zebras.
- Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
- Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.
- Synonyms:
- characteristic, distinctive, prominent
- Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
- The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
- Synonyms:
- discrete, individual, noncontinuous, separate
- Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
- Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Synonyms:
- specified
- Marked; variegated.
- The which [place] was dight / With divers flowres distinct with rare delight.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23
- Synonyms:
- patterned
Questions about distincter
- What is distincter the comparative form of?
- Distincter is the comparative form of distinct.
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