Distinction
# Distinction

Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to:

* Distinction (philosophy), the recognition of difference
* Formal distinction
* Distinction (law), a principle in international law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict
* Distinction (sociology), a social force that places different values on different individuals
* Distinct (mathematics)
* Distinctive feature, a concept in linguistics
* Distinción, in Spanish, separating consonantal sounds, see Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives
* The Hua–Yi distinction, the difference between China (Hua) and barbarian outsiders (Yi), applied culturally and ethnically
* Distinction (book), a book by Pierre Bourdieu
* Distinction (horse), Irish gelding, third in the 2005 Melbourne Cup
* Distinction (song), song and album by The Suffrajets

## Awards and honors

* an Award or quality of an award recipient
* Latin honors, indications of relative achievement among academic degree recipients
* Any one of the Nine Distinctions, awarded by the Chinese emperor
* Order of Distinction, award in the Jamaican school honours system
* in Austrian Bundesheer, German Bundeswehr and Norwegian Army synonym for rank insignia
