distinguition

English

Etymology

From distinguish.

Noun

distinguition (plural distinguitions)

1. (very rare, nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) The act of distinguishing; the state or quality of being distinguished; distinguishment, distinction.
   • 2016, Ernst Obermeier, Transducers ’01 Eurosensors XV: The 11th International Conference on Solid‎^[1], Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 401:

     Both D- and L-tryptophan are so similar that distinguition of one of the isomers from the other is impossible.

   • c. 2008, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, Congenital Malformation of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses‎^[2], Otolaryngology Online, page 13:

     It is this feature that helps in the distinguition between glioma and encephalocele. Management: Successful management of glioma is only by surgical removal of the mass in full.

   • 2013, Angela Jackson, For Us It Was Heaven: The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton - From the Spanish Civil War to Mao's China‎^[3], Sussex Academic Press, page 95:

     Deliberations over the rights and wrongs of sentimentality continue, Robert is still having difficulty with vocabulary in this regard; 'Sensitive', 'sensible' and 'sentimental' – damn these 3 things, I'll never find the real distinguition out of them.