Noun

(lb) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

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*, chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,

Length or interval of time.

*(Matthew Prior) (1664-1721)

*:ten years' distance between one and the other

*(John Playfair) (1748-1819)

*:the writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years

The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

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Remoteness of place; a remote place.

*(Washington Irving) (1783-1859)

*:easily managed from a distance

* (1777-1844)

*:'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.

Remoteness in succession or relation.

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A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

*:the horse that ran the whole field out of distance

The entire amount of progress to an objective.

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A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

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*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:Setting them [factions] at distance , or at least distrust amongst themselves.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:On the part of Heaven, / Now alienated, distance and distaste.

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*:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:I hope your modesty / Will know what distance to the crown is due.

*(Francis Atterbury) (1663-1732)

*:'Tis by respect and distance that authority is upheld.

Noun

(en noun)

That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.

The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.

* {{quote-book, year=1921, title=

, author=(Bertrand Russell), chapter=Lecture II , passage=In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable. To take extreme cases, every animal at birth can take food by instinct, before it has had opportunity to learn; on the other hand, no one can ride a bicycle by instinct, though, after learning, the necessary movements become just as automatic as if they were instinctive.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1911, title=

, chapter=Evidence , passage=But, for practical purposes, it is possible to draw a distinction between a statement of facts observed and an expression of opinion as to the inference to be drawn from these facts, and the rule telling witnesses to state facts and not express opinions is of great value in keeping their statements out of the region of argument and conjecture.}}

Specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]

Leighton Baines, playing with distinction again, sent over a left-wing cross with pace and accuracy. Welbeck, prominently involved all night, could not reach it but Rooney was directly behind him, flashing his header past Szczesny.