Meaning & use
Distinctness
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The quality of being clearly different, separate, or noticeable from something else.
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The distinctness of the two dialects surprised the linguists.
Good lighting improved the distinctness of the photograph's details.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'distinct' plus the noun suffix '-ness'; often used in scientific and academic writing.
Words with a similar meaning
clarityseparateness
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Words with an opposite meaning
vaguenesssimilarity
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