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say it: di-STINGKT
distinct is an adjective meaning "(often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality". It carries 5 recorded senses.
(often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
“plants of several distinct types”
“the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses”
“gold is distinct from iron”
“a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech”
“management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees”
easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
“a distinct flavor”
“a distinct odor of turpentine”
“a distinct outline”
“the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette”
“distinct fingerprints”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for distinct come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.