Definition / description
"a difference between two similar things"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/distinction
I like this definition -- because it pulls the two objects together
similarity and difference -- the primary distinctions defined by Linnaeus
difference, contrast, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, variance, variation; division, separation, differentiation, contradistinction, discrimination, segregation, dividing line, gulf, gap, chasm
dividing line
boundary
the best phrase here is "dividing line"
or "cut"
"words slice up the world"
Is not a dimension
Tue, Apr 27, 2021
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