Distinct vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?
distinct | unfamiliar |
Capable of being perceived very clearly.
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, 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
Strange, not familiar.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd
, work=BBC Sport
As adjectives the difference between distinct and unfamiliar
is that distinct is capable of being perceived very clearly while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.As a noun unfamiliar is
an unfamiliar person; a stranger.distinct
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fenella Saunders
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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
* * ----unfamiliar
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}