Alone
Alone adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Usage example: he is alone among the actors of his generation in his exceptional ability to play both comedic and serious parts
Distinctive and alone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Alone".
Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Alone and distinctive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alone" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
Both words in one sentence
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In some of the older comics he's able to recognize what villain he's currently up against by their distinctive laugh alone.
Source: Comic Book / Shazam -
Both characters have distinctive but realistic accents (Cockney and slightly Italian-American), which must have been hell to get right individually, let alone both.
Source: Creator / Nolan North -
Distinctive Appearances: Each character has different portions, personality and can be easily identified by their color scheme alone.
Source: Video Game / Fuzion Frenzy
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