Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distinguishing

/dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tin-guish-ing
IPA: /dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of distinguish

adj

That serves to distinguish.

noun

The act by which something is distinguished or told apart.

Example Sentences

"It has no obvious distinguishing characteristics, and therefore people are constantly ascribing to it the characteristics of other similar species."
"The distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA."
"There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents."

Inflected Forms

more distinguishing (comparative) most distinguishing (superlative) distinguishings (plural)

Derived Forms

distinguishingly indistinguishing nondistinguishing undistinguishing

Phrases

distinguishing penant

Rhymes With

extinguishing

Questions

How do you pronounce distinguishing?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪstˈɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/.
What does distinguishing mean?: present participle and gerund of distinguish

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