Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for distinction
The synonym for distinction recorded in this bank is differentiation, in the sense "a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for distinction
- differentiationnoun, in the sense "a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day distinction is audited in a second meaning.
a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
It is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation.
The true synonym
differentiation
Same sentence, swapped: It is necessary to make a differentiation between love and infatuation.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where distinction stands in the sentence above.
- eminence
- appreciation
- royalty
Where distinction turns up in the game
distinction is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where distinction is the trap
- tastenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is appreciation, in the sense "delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)", so distinction is there to be ruled out.
- precedencenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is priority, in the sense "status established in order of importance or urgency", and distinction is on the board beside it.
Play distinction
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so distinction reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
distinction is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.