Both Uses
distinct
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- Grandmother could say a capital letter so distinctly that you heard it.†
Chpt 4. *distinctly = in a manner that is clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- He could still see the beach around him, but it was indistinct, as if it was behind a wall of dark water.†
Chpt 14.indistinct = 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.
Definitions:
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(1)
(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)