Characteristic
Characteristic adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Distinguished and characteristic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Characteristic".
Distinguished
Distinguished adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.
Characteristic and distinguished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Characteristic" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Both words in one sentence
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This trope is applied in that it is Julie, not Zeke, who retains a characteristic of her human appearance so that the two can be distinguished when both transformed at once.
Source: Tertiary Sexual Characteristics - Dykes to Watch Out For: In "The Indelible Alison Bechdel", author Bechdel discusses the irritation of comic books wherein The Chick is distinguished by slapping a female characteristic (lips, long hair, the proverbial bow) on the male default.
Source: Tertiary Sexual Characteristics - These are easily distinguished by the unusual reverse slope of their conning towers' face, and the virtual lack of the characteristic "hump" of the older Soviet boomers, because the solid-fueled Bulava is much more compact than their hydrazine fueled missiles.
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