distinction
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distinction(
dihs
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dihngk
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shihn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (difference)
a. la distinción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
There's a fine distinction between flattery and praise.Hay una distinción sutil entre la adulación y el elogio.
b. la diferencia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Can you explain the distinction between alligators and crocodiles?¿Puedes explicar la diferencia entre los caimanes y los cocodrilos?
2. (excellence)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Our dean is certainly a man of distinction.Nuestro decano es sin duda un hombre distinguido.
The biologist became a scholar of distinction within her field. La bióloga llegó a ser una académica destacada dentro de su área.
b. la distinción (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Tolstoy is a writer of distinction.Tolstói es un escritor de distinción.
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