Both Uses of
distinct
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- And this you can know—fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself, and this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.†
Chpt 14 *distinctive = clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate -- sometimes to indicate a difference that is excellent
- A wind, gentle and sighing, blew in puffs from the southwest, and the mountains on both sides of the great valley were indistinct in a pearly mist.†
Chpt 26indistinct = not clear or easily identifiablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indistinct means not and reverses the meaning of distinct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate