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dis·tinc·tive
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accent
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from. -
archiphoneme
an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad -
badge
A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. American English usually uses button to refer to a small round metal badge. -
color
the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths -
distinctive feature
a feature of the sound system of a language that serves as the crucial distinguishing mark between two phonemes, as the distinctive feature of voicing, which distinguishes b from p in English, or nasality, which distinguishes m from b and p. -
distinguish
to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.