Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: she seems to alternate between two distinctive hairstyles
Variant and distinctive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variant" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
Variant
Variant adjective - Exhibiting variation and change.
Distinctive and variant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Variant".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- special and distinctive
- special and variant
- exceptional and distinctive
- exceptional and variant
- separate and distinctive
- separate and variant
- distinct and distinctive
- distinct and variant
- distant and distinctive
- distant and variant
- unequal and distinctive
- unequal and variant
- contrasting and distinctive
- contrasting and variant
Both words in one sentence
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Early seasons also depicted Scully with the P239, a much smaller concealed-carry variant of the P-series, and usually seen in conjunction with a rather distinctive small-of-the-back holster.
Source: Cool Guns / Handguns - Sometimes, a Canadian series will have that country's distinctive five pin variant: five pins with rubber rings around the wide bottom and smaller balls with no finger holes.
Source: Bowling for Ratings -
It also comes in a bolt pistol variant, a ridiculously overpowered handgun popular among commissars (the distinctive bark is useful for letting soldiers know a comrade's insolent mannerisms or morale-dampening histrionics were in error).
Source: Handguns
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