clear-cut distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclear-cutanddistinction
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clear-cut
adjective
uk/ˌklɪəˈkʌt/us/ˌklɪrˈkʌt/
clear or obvious without needing ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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There exists aclear-cutdistinctionbetween will and be going to in their most obvious uses.
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Note that he assumes that there is aclear-cutdistinctionbetween life-saving and other contexts.
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But is there aclear-cutdistinctionbetween dialogue and monologue or do they range along a dialogic continuum?
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Although this is a reasonable assumption to make, in our view it further undermines the seeminglyclear-cutdistinctionbetween a perceptual and an action pathway.
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The five items from the previous studies for which the choice items provided the mostclear-cutdistinctionwith regard to their functional properties were used.
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Consequently, there is noclear-cutdistinctionbetween the subsystems of the grammar; the lexicon seems to have devoured the tripartite architecture.
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If, however, one rejects the existence of such aclear-cutdistinctionand assumes that semantics is pragmatically informed, then this objection does not arise.
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At the present time there is aclear-cutdistinctionbetween third and first-class travel.
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There is aclear-cutdistinctionbased on the character of the vehicle.
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There is noclear-cutdistinctionbetween pure and applied science in this field.
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I am not altogether convinced that there is aclear-cutdistinctionbetween nuclear and modern non-nuclear warfare.
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But it becomes very obvious that no suchclear-cutdistinctioncan be drawn between policy and finance.
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He speaks as if aclear-cutdistinctioncan be made between the situation when rising fives are admitted to school and when they are not.
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I do not think it is possible to make anyclear-cutdistinctionbetween the war aims and the peace aims.
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Moreover, although psychopaths are commonly referred to as either aggressive psychopaths or inadequate psychopaths, there is noclear-cutdistinctionbetween the two.
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It is not possible to draw aclear-cutdistinctionbetween proposals to serve domestic needs only, and proposals to serve domestic needs and farms.
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Nor can there be aclear-cutdistinctionbetween those with a direct interest in the outcome and those who have not.
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If we were not to maintain someclear-cutdistinctionsuch as this, it would be illogical not to grant an exemption for these other vehicles as well.
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Clearly, in times of war there may be aclear-cutdistinctionbetween military and other action, but in peacetime that distinction is not nearly so clear.
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This has been for me a very enjoyable debate, if only because the speeches have shown a veryclear-cutdistinctionin the attitude of the two sides.
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Ancient usage, however, does not treat the two terms as a dichotomy, nor maintain thisclear-cutdistinction.
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However, there is noclear-cutdistinctionbetween different hookworms due to similarity, and species are often mistaken from one another.
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One of the problems with the nested approach is that there is noclear-cutdistinctionbetween purchasing approaches, situational factors and demographics.
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