distinction

nouns

a discrimination between things as different and distinct
"it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
differentiation, distinction
is derived from
distinguish
high status importance owing to marked superiority
"a scholar of great eminence"
distinction, eminence, note, preeminence
a distinguishing quality
"it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town"
distinction
is a type of (narrower)
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
quality
a distinguishing difference
"he learned the distinction between gold and lead"
distinction
is a type of (narrower)
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
"there are many differences between jazz and rock"
difference