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- distinguishing
collapse - serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features" related words >
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- delicate,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- exact,
- exemplary,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- idiosyncratic,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- nice,
- normal,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- precise,
- quintessential,
- realistic,
- refined,
- regular,
- sample,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separative,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- usual
- separative
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- (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"
- used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it related words >
- ablative,
- biodegradable,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- contrastive,
- corrosive,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- degradable,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- dilapidated,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- dividing,
- erosive,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- idiosyncratic,
- inadmissible,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- insular,
- moldering,
- narrow,
- parochial,
- parting,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- restrictive,
- ruinous,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separating,
- snobbish,
- solvent,
- worn,
- xenophobic
- diagnostic
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- characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"
- concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic clinic"; "a diagnostic reading test"; "diagnostic information" related words >
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- connotative,
- constructional,
- constructive,
- contrastive,
- definitional,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- descriptive,
- designative,
- diacritical,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exegetic,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- figural,
- figurative,
- hermeneutic,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- interpretational,
- interpretive,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- proper,
- representative,
- semantic,
- semeiological,
- semiotic,
- separative,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- symptomatological,
- tropological,
- typical
- distinctive
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- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" related words >
- accurate,
- appreciative,
- appropriate,
- articulate,
- audible,
- categorical,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- clear,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- defining,
- definite,
- delicate,
- denominative,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discrete,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- exact,
- exemplary,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- hearable,
- hi-fi,
- high-fidelity,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- in character,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- intrinsic,
- marked,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- nice,
- normal,
- ordinal,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- plain,
- precise,
- proper,
- quintessential,
- realistic,
- refined,
- regular,
- sample,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separate,
- separative,
- several,
- single,
- singular,
- special,
- specific,
- subdivisional,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- taxonomic,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- unique,
- usual
- discriminating
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- showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" related words >
- accurate,
- adoptive,
- appointive,
- appreciative,
- careful,
- censorious,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- choicy,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- civilized,
- conscientious,
- considerate,
- constituent,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminate,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- eclectic,
- elective,
- electoral,
- elegant,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- fussy,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gracious,
- idiosyncratic,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- keen,
- meticulous,
- nice,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- perceptive,
- perfectionistic,
- personalizing,
- picky,
- polished,
- politic,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- scrupulous,
- select,
- selecting,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separative,
- sophisticated,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tactful,
- thoughtful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wise
- idiosyncratic
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- peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting" related words >
- abnormal,
- anomalous,
- appropriate,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- connotative,
- contrastive,
- crank,
- crankish,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- designative,
- deviant,
- deviative,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- different,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- divergent,
- dotty,
- eccentric,
- emblematic,
- erratic,
- evidential,
- exceptional,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- fey,
- figural,
- figurative,
- flaky,
- freakish,
- funny,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiocratic,
- implicative,
- in character,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- intrinsic,
- irregular,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- maggoty,
- marked,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- personalizing,
- private,
- proper,
- queer,
- quintessential,
- quirky,
- representative,
- screwball,
- screwy,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- separative,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- single,
- singular,
- strange,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- true to form,
- twisted,
- typical,
- unconventional,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- wacky,
- whimsical
- peculiar
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- markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf related words >
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- absurd,
- anomalous,
- another,
- appropriate,
- appropriate to,
- arbitrary,
- atypical,
- bizarre,
- categorical,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- connotative,
- contrastive,
- crank,
- crankish,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- curious,
- defining,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- designative,
- deviant,
- deviate,
- deviative,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- different,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- divergent,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- dotty,
- eccentric,
- else,
- emblematic,
- erratic,
- evidential,
- exceptional,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extraordinary,
- fey,
- figural,
- figurative,
- flaky,
- freaked out,
- freakish,
- freaky,
- funny,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- in character,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- intrinsic,
- irregular,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- maggoty,
- marked,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- native to,
- natural to,
- not that sort,
- not the same,
- not the type,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- of a sort,
- of another sort,
- of sorts,
- off,
- off the wall,
- offbeat,
- ordinal,
- other,
- other than,
- otherwise,
- out,
- out-of-the-way,
- outlandish,
- particular,
- passing strange,
- pathognomonic,
- personal,
- personalizing,
- private,
- proper,
- quaint,
- queer,
- quintessential,
- quirky,
- rare,
- representative,
- rum,
- screwball,
- screwy,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- separative,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- single,
- singular,
- sort,
- special,
- specific,
- strange,
- subdivisional,
- suggestive,
- sui generis,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- taxonomic,
- true to form,
- twisted,
- typal,
- typical,
- uncommon,
- unconventional,
- uncustomary,
- unearthly,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- unorthodox,
- unusual,
- wacky,
- weird,
- whimsical,
- wondrous strange
- differential
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- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- relating to or showing a difference; "differential treatment"
- involving or containing one or more derivatives; "differential equation" related words >
- Hydromatic,
- accurate,
- algorismic,
- algorithmic,
- aliquot,
- appreciative,
- aroma,
- attribute,
- automatic transmission,
- badge,
- brand,
- cachet,
- cardinal,
- cast,
- categorical,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- cogwheel,
- configuration,
- contrastive,
- critical,
- cut,
- decimal,
- defining,
- delicacy,
- delicate,
- delicate distinction,
- denominative,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differentia,
- differential gear,
- differentiative,
- digital,
- discriminate,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinction,
- distinctive,
- distinctive feature,
- distinguishing,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- earmark,
- even,
- exact,
- exponential,
- fastidious,
- feature,
- figural,
- figurate,
- figurative,
- figure,
- fine,
- fine point,
- finite,
- flavor,
- fractional,
- freewheel,
- gear,
- gear train,
- gearbox,
- gearing,
- gearshift,
- gearwheel,
- gust,
- hairline,
- hallmark,
- high,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- idiosyncratic,
- imaginary,
- impair,
- impossible,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- individualism,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- infinite,
- integral,
- intermediate,
- irrational,
- keynote,
- lineaments,
- logarithmic,
- logometric,
- low,
- mannerism,
- margin,
- mark,
- marking,
- mold,
- narrow margin,
- nature,
- negative,
- neutral,
- nice,
- nice distinction,
- nicety,
- nuance,
- numeral,
- numerary,
- numerative,
- numeric,
- odd,
- odor,
- ordinal,
- overdrive,
- pair,
- particle of difference,
- particular,
- particularity,
- peculiar,
- peculiarity,
- personalizing,
- point of difference,
- positive,
- possible,
- precise,
- prejudiced,
- prime,
- property,
- quality,
- quirk,
- rack,
- radical,
- rational,
- real,
- reciprocal,
- refined,
- refinement,
- reverse,
- savor,
- seal,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- separative,
- shade of difference,
- shape,
- singularity,
- smack,
- special,
- specialty,
- specific,
- stamp,
- standard transmission,
- stick shift,
- subdivisional,
- submultiple,
- subtle,
- subtle distinction,
- subtlety,
- surd,
- synchromesh,
- tactful,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- taxonomic,
- token,
- trait,
- transcendental,
- transmission,
- trick,
- typal,
- typical,
- wide margin
- characteristic
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- a distinguishing quality
- any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
- the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
- typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" related words >
- affection,
- affective,
- appropriate,
- aroma,
- attribute,
- automatism,
- bad habit,
- badge,
- banner,
- birthmark,
- body-build,
- brand,
- cachet,
- cast,
- categorical,
- character,
- characteristics,
- characterizing,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- compare,
- complexion,
- composition,
- configuration,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- constitutional,
- contrastive,
- crasis,
- creature of habit,
- custom,
- cut,
- defining,
- denominative,
- device,
- dharma,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- diathesis,
- differencing,
- differentia,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disposition,
- dispositional,
- distinctive,
- distinctive feature,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- earmark,
- emblematic,
- emotional,
- especial,
- ethos,
- exemplary,
- feature,
- fiber,
- figure,
- flavor,
- force of habit,
- frame,
- genius,
- grain,
- gust,
- habit,
- habit pattern,
- habitude,
- hallmark,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- idiocrasy,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncrasy,
- idiosyncratic,
- ilk,
- image,
- impress,
- impression,
- in character,
- index,
- indicant,
- indicator,
- individual,
- individualism,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- innate,
- insignia,
- intellectual,
- intrinsic,
- keynote,
- kind,
- lineaments,
- makeup,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- marked,
- marking,
- measure,
- mental,
- mold,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- nature,
- normal,
- note,
- odor,
- ordinal,
- particular,
- particularity,
- pattern,
- peculiar,
- peculiarity,
- personalizing,
- physique,
- picture,
- point,
- practice,
- praxis,
- proper,
- property,
- quality,
- quintessential,
- quirk,
- realistic,
- regular,
- representation,
- representative,
- sample,
- savor,
- seal,
- second nature,
- separative,
- shape,
- sigil,
- sign,
- signal,
- signature,
- single,
- singular,
- singularity,
- smack,
- somatotype,
- sort,
- special,
- specialty,
- specific,
- spirit,
- spiritual,
- stamp,
- stereotype,
- stereotyped behavior,
- streak,
- stripe,
- subdivisional,
- suchness,
- sure sign,
- symbolic,
- symptom,
- symptomatic,
- system,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- taxonomic,
- telltale sign,
- temper,
- temperament,
- temperamental,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- token,
- tone,
- trait,
- trick,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- type,
- typic,
- typical,
- unique,
- usage,
- use,
- usual,
- vein,
- virtue,
- way,
- wont
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