Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Local and distinctive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Local" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
Local
Local adjective - Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood.
Distinctive and local are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Local".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The most distinctive example was developed by weatherman Ira Joe Fisher, who worked in Cincinnati local news for years before moving to a national morning-news show.
Source: The Big Board -
They tend to be used more as local color, their distinctive habits adding a note of pageantry to a historical setting (as, for example, in John Webster's The White Devil, whence the picture quote).
- The local population, nicknamed "Brummies", have a distinctive accent.
Source: Useful Notes / The West Midlands
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