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make a distinction between something
collocation
(alsodraw a distinction between something)
to show or understand a difference between two similar things:
You can use the shape of the leaves to make a distinction between the two very similar flowers.
The book makes an unnuanced, cartoonish distinction between the good guys and the bad guys.
The article drew a distinction between rational and irrational fears.
See
distinction
The authors make a distinction between promotive factors and protective factors.
Ornithologists say that the numbers are meaningless because the totals make no distinction between abundant and rare species.
The leader tried to make a distinction between a military operation and a full-scale invasion.
We have to make a distinction between genuine mistakes and acts that intend to deceive or conceal something.
We have attempted to draw a distinction between the two categories.
It's sometimes very difficult to draw a clear distinction between the meanings of different words有时很难明确区分不同单词的含义。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Different and difference
altered
alternative
anomalous
another
anything
disjunctive
disparate
disparately
disparity
dissimilar
make the differenceidiom
misc.
misfit
new
newness
unreflective
unrepresentative
unrepresentativeness
unstandardized
untraditional
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