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Lawn2llawn2 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

typical and distinctive

Hi all, I have a question about the meaning of "typical" and "distinctive". Do they mean the same? I looked up in the dictionary, they mean the same, but I'm confused since I think "typical" means something that usually happens, common, predictable while "distinctive" means different from the others. Am I right? Can someone explain more?

Thanks a lot.

liya
  

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lawn2llawn2 I think "typical" means something that usually happens, common, predictable while "distinctive" means different from the others. Am I right? Right.

— CalifJim

  • lawn2llawn2 I think "typical" means something that usually happens, common, predictable while "distinctive" means different from the others.
  • Am I right?
  • Right.
  • Less often 'distinctive' also means characteristic, that which is characteristic for a particular entity to have, in other words, that which distinguishes (one thing from another).
  • In this sense, its meaning comes close to 'typical'.
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lawn2llawn2I think "typical" means something that usually happens, common, predictable while "distinctive" means different from the others. Am I right?
Right. Less often 'distinctive' also means characteristic, that which is characteristic for a particular entity to have, in other words, that which distinguishes (one thing from another). In this sense, its m
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