careful distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcarefulanddistinction
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careful
adjective
uk/ˈkeə.fəl/us/ˈker.fəl/
giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofcarefulanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This requirescarefuldistinctionbetween association and causation.
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And acarefuldistinctionbetween resilience and adaptability would, for instance, prevent the climate change debate being hijacked by the adaptationists.
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Carefuldistinctionmust be made between the parkinsonian rest tremor that occurs in the truly relaxed and supported limb, and action tremors occurring during any voluntary muscle contraction.
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Thecarefuldistinctionbetween an economic law and a forecasting rule was the necessary step to obtain a proper description of an economic random dynamical system.
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He rightly drew a verycarefuldistinctionbetween imported food and food produced in this country.
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We must draw acarefuldistinctionbetween executive work and the functions of judicial office.
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The details are rather complicated, but they involve acarefuldistinctionbetween wholesale and retail selling.
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There needs to be acarefuldistinctionhere.
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They realise that now, when they make acarefuldistinctionbetween the miners and the rest of the young men.
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I should therefore like to ask you, ladies and gentlemen, to draw acarefuldistinctionbetween these two categories when voting on the proposed amendments.
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Acarefuldistinctionmust be made between cloning human beings and cloning cells and animals, which is an essential tool in biomedical research.
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We must draw a verycarefuldistinctionhere: what is conventional production, what is integrated production and what is organic farming?
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I draw acarefuldistinctionbetween what can and does work in continental countries, with their distinct traditions, and what will not work in this country.
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The seven voluntary societies which got together to issue a statement the other day make the point that there should be acarefuldistinctionbetween maintenance and access.
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Publications sometimes do not make acarefuldistinction, but the latter are primarily concerned with algorithmic issues.
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