The two species of finches on the island have distinct beak shapes, adapted to their different feeding habits.
岛上的两种雀科鸟类具有明显不同的喙形，适应它们不同的觅食习性。
Curator Felix Adeyemi, who organized a similar exhibit at another museum, cautions that placing objects from vastly different eras side by side risks flattening their distinct historical contexts into a misleading sense of timeless sameness.
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From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- For example, a rooster's crow is rendered as 'cock-a-doodle-doo' in English but as distinctly different sound sequences in many other languages.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “distinct”?
B — Clearly different. “distinct” means clearly different.
Which word means “clearly different”?
C — distinct. “distinct” means clearly different.
distinct — clearly different. In Chinese: 明显不同的.
distinct is pronounced /dɪˈstɪŋkt/.
The two species of finches on the island have distinct beak shapes, adapted to their different feeding habits. (岛上的两种雀科鸟类具有明显不同的喙形，适应它们不同的觅食习性。)
different, separate, dissimilar — all close in meaning to distinct (clearly different).
identical, similar — each the opposite of distinct (clearly different).
Yes. distinct is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dis(separate)+tinct(prick).