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Distinguished vs Extinguished - What's the difference?

distinguished | extinguished |

As adjectives the difference between distinguished and extinguished

is that distinguished is celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious while extinguished is referring to something that has been eliminated.

As verbs the difference between distinguished and extinguished

is that distinguished is past tense of distinguish while extinguished is past tense of extinguish.

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)

    • extinguished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (extinguish)
    • The cowboys extinguished the fire.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has been eliminated
    • The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire.