What is the difference between prominent and distinct?
prominent | distinct | Synonyms |
Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Eminent; distinguished above others.
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
Distinct is a synonym of prominent.
As adjectives the difference between prominent and distinct
is that prominent is standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant while distinct is capable of being perceived very clearly.prominent
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(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.
