Distinguished vs Ascendant - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between distinguished and ascendant

is that distinguished is celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious while ascendant is rising, moving upward.

As a verb distinguished

is past tense of distinguish.

As a noun ascendant is

being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

distinguished

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.

Having a dignified appearance or demeanor

Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.

(mathematics) Specified, noted.

Let ''X'' be a topological space with a distinguished point ''p''.

Verb

(head)

(distinguish)

ascendant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Rising, moving upward.

* Browne

The constellation about that time ascendant .

Surpassing or controlling.

* South

An ascendant spirit over him.

* John Stuart Mill

The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.

Noun

(wikipedia ascendant) (en noun)

Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

One man has the ascendant over another.

* Robertson

Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.

An ancestor (antonym of descendant)

(Ayliffe)

Ascent; height; elevation.

* Temple

Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .

(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

(Burke)