Distinct vs Genetic - What's the difference?
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Capable of being perceived very clearly.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=
, title= Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=13 Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from .
* Clarendon
(obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
* Milton
(obsolete) Marked; variegated.
* Spenser
(genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= Caused by genes.
Of or relating to origin (genesis).
* 1858 ,
As adjectives the difference between distinct and genetic
is that distinct is capable of being perceived very clearly while genetic is genetic.distinct
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fenella Saunders
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
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- The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct .
- Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet distinct by name.
- The which [place] was dight / With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.
Synonyms
* prominent * separate * several (in dated sense)Antonyms
* indistinct * (capable of being perceived very clearly) confusing * (different from one another) sameExternal links
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(wikipedia genetic)Adjective
(-)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858
- All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.