key distinction

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyanddistinction

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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distinction
noun
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofkeyanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey distinction

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This is thekeydistinction.
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Akeydistinctionmade in these three studies is that of bilingualism versus biliteracy.
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That is thekeydistinction.
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Thekeydistinctionthat we make is between individuals who work in the public sector and in the private sector.
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This is akeydistinction, since memory-time functions in a way which has nothing to do with history-time.
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That must be thekeydistinction.
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Here a straight-forward identification of relativity principles and invariance or covariance principles effaces thekeydistinctionbetween local and global.
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The vocational relevance of conservatoire programmes has received significant attention and funding in recent years, clarifying akeydistinctionbetween conservatoire and university education.
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Thekeydistinctionbetween receptivity and absorptive capabilities as distinct from the strength and intensity of the message plays a key role in this context.
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Thus, there is akeydistinctionbetween procedural memory (knowing how) and declarative (knowing that, itself divisible between semantic and episodic or autobiographical memory).
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Akeydistinctionbetween distributed networks and localist networks or symbolic systems is that the internal representations learned by distributed networks inhabit a high-dimensional, continuous space.
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Thekeydistinctionmade remains that ring-fenced grants are those which restrict local authority spending.
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Thekeydistinctionwas one of equality.
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Thiskeydistinctionexplains differences in tactics.
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The secondkeydistinctionis that between fictional violence which is realistic and that which is clearly fantastic.
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That is parliamentary patriotism and it is akeydistinctionbetween all of us and the foe that we face.
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Hiskeydistinctionwas that the political members had an electoral mandate, because they were voted in as councillors.
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It correctly makes thekeydistinctionbetween research designed ultimately to produce a child and any other research.
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Thekeydistinctionis between decisional mistakes and ignorant mistakes.
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Language is thekeydistinctionbetween play calling systems.
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But he is not being invited to try to prevent trouble before it happens—that seems to be akeydistinction.
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That is thekeydistinctionwhich applies not only to peerage and other such questions; it also concerns the general population.
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Thekeydistinctionof a black market trade is that the transaction itself is illegal.
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