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Definition: DISTINGUISHER |
DISTINGUISHERNoun1. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. 2. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. |
| "DISTINGUISHER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DISTINGUISHER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "DISTINGUISHER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | отличительный признак (earmark, hallmark, note). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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"DISTINGUISHER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: distinguishe, distinguishu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-i-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: disheriting, disinherits, distinguish. | |
-3 letters: disinherit, disserting, disunities, histidines, industries, nightdress, nightsides, rhinitides, turgidness. | |
-4 letters: desisting, dignities, dirigiste, dirtiness, disguiser, disherits, disinters, distingue, disunites, dithering, histidine, histidins, hungriest, intrigued, intrigues, nightside, reissuing, resisting, rightness, rigidness, ringsides, russeting, shirtings, sistering, tundishes, unsighted. | |
-5 letters: desiring, diestrus, dinghies, dingiest, dinguses, disguise, disherit, dishiest, disinter, disunite, disusing, diuresis, dressing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 53 54 49 4E 47 55 49 53 48 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... - .. -. --. ..- .. ... .... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 01010101 01001001 01010011 01001000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I S T I N G U I S H E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0053 0054 0049 004E 0047 0055 0049 0053 0048 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38435354434841554353423952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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