Best
Best adjective - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities.
Distinguished and best are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Best".
Distinguished
Distinguished adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.
Best and distinguished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Best" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- While being a distinguished operatic singer, Samuel Ramey is perhaps best known as the voice of The Beast in Over the Garden Wall.
Source: Basso Profundo -
Heroic B.S.O.D.: What led to the action that won him the Distinguished Service Cross was seeing his best friend killed by a German machine gun crew pretending to surrender.
Source: Creator / Audie Murphy -
One of the best known is probably the Frauenkirche in Dresden that was rebuilt faithfully except for the weird placement of the original stones (distinguished by their blackened appearance which is neither due to fire nor due to pollution but owed to age) - in 2005.
Source: Retraux
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