Distinction and Origin

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Distinction noun - Exceptionally high quality.

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

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Distinction and origin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinction" instead a noun "Origin".

human	human distinction	human origin
clear	clear distinction	clear origin
exact	exact distinction	exact origin
similar	similar distinction	similar origin
Other adjectives: common, true, dubious, actual, real, ultimate, official, cultural, biological.

Faust from Shaman King has the unfortunate distinction of getting one in his origin story.

Source: Diabolus ex Machina
In the prequel tie-in book that his origin is covered in, we find that he was actually a great surgeon, not someone using healing magic, and the distinction is made clear from very early on.

Source: Good Powers, Bad People
This trope is probably helped by the fact that the Scottish and Irish are both Celtic in origin, and have enough in common culturally to be distinguished from the Germanic Anglos without having a similarly clear distinction between themselves.

Source: Scotireland

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