Certain
Certain adjective - Known but not named.
Distinctive and certain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Certain".
Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Certain and distinctive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
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Both words in one sentence
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Rising too many things to level 3 will cost you dearly as well, So it's a player choice if he or she wants the character to be really good at a certain thing and virtually nothing else or being more balanced but without any distinctive abilities.
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Macon would appear to be his son, because they both have a distinctive golden eye, but the Moidart's grandmother also had such an eye so he could never be certain of the truth.
Source: Luke, I Might Be Your Father -
To a much lesser extent, the trailers and certain promo spots have the Ecto-1 make the distinctive siren sound heard in the first two movies.
Source: Film / Ghostbusters (2016)
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