neat distinction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofneatanddistinction
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neat
adjective
uk/niːt/us/niːt/
tidy, with everything in ...
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distinction
noun
uk/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a difference between two ...
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(Definition ofneatanddistinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofneat distinction
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These categories, in other words, do not fit in aneatdistinctionbetween formal and informal.
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A whole generation of books and dissertations can be launched around theneatdistinction.
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Do they expect those whom they seek to influence to draw aneatdistinctionbetween one sort of law-breaking and another?
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Aneatdistinctionis drawn between the military and the scientific.
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There is not aneatdistinctionbetween high tech and low tech.
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I wonder whether thisneatdistinctionis in keeping with the character of the times and the developments of real significance which are taking place in the world.
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But cultural history is more complex than such neat distinctions recognize.
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But - such is the nature of language - there are also troublesome hybrid instances where our fairly neat distinctions break down.
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Suffolk thus obtained theneatdistinctionof having twice been made an exile.
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The neat distinctions between banks, building societies and insurance companies are disappearing.
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