Cup and Distinction

Cup

Cup noun - A round vessel equipped with a handle and designed for drinking.

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Distinction and cup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distinction" instead a noun "Cup".

Nearby Words: cupping, cupful

Distinction noun - Something given in recognition of achievement.

Usage example: won a number of distinctions in her long career as an actress

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Cup and distinction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cup" instead a noun "Distinction".

good	good cup	good distinction
fine	fine cup	fine distinction
similar	similar cup	similar distinction
strong	strong cup	strong distinction
Other adjectives: real, little, ultimate, former, last.

Louis in 1934, and folded the next summer.. They also boast the dubious distinction of winning the most playoff rounds for a team without a Stanley Cup for a decade.

Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out
The 2016 events gave Pocono the dubious distinction of being the only venue in NASCAR history to see both its Cup races pushed to the next day in the same season due to rainouts

Source: Freudian Slip

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