"distinction" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distinction",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinctions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Before we discuss how you can develop your creative powers, we need to make a distinction between two different but related activities --; THINKING and LEARNING."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is, in other words, no neat or clear distinction to be drawn between political equality and social and economic equality."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A distinction is a difference that you have noticed or decided is important. Often used to separate things."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We only wanted to take athletes of distinction; no one is going just for the trip."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is done with distinction, it is done to a high level and other people recognise that."
      ],
      "id": "simple-distinction-en-noun-ifplbJpL",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distinction.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "distinction"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distinction",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distinctions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Before we discuss how you can develop your creative powers, we need to make a distinction between two different but related activities --; THINKING and LEARNING."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is, in other words, no neat or clear distinction to be drawn between political equality and social and economic equality."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A distinction is a difference that you have noticed or decided is important. Often used to separate things."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We only wanted to take athletes of distinction; no one is going just for the trip."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is done with distinction, it is done to a high level and other people recognise that."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distinction.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "distinction"
}