dɪsˈtɪŋkt dɪsˈtɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩ (often followed by ‘from’) not alike; different in nature or quality plants of several distinct types the word ‘nationalism’ is used in at least two distinct senses gold is distinct from iron a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees