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