Distinction, distinct or distinctive may refer to:

• Distinction (philosophy), the recognition of difference
• Formal distinction
• Distinction (law), a principle in international law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict
• Distinction (sociology), a social force that places different values on different individuals
• Distinct (mathematics)
• Distinctive feature, a concept in linguistics
• Distinción, in Spanish, separating consonantal sounds, see Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives
• The Hua–Yi distinction, the difference between China (Hua) and barbarian outsiders (Yi), applied culturally and ethnically
• Distinction (book), a book by Pierre Bourdieu
• Distinction (horse), Irish gelding, third in the 2005 Melbourne Cup
• Distinction (song), song and album by The Suffrajets

• an Award or quality of an award recipient
• Latin honors, indications of relative achievement among academic degree recipients
• Any one of the Nine Distinctions, awarded by the Chinese emperor
• Order of Distinction, award in the Jamaican school honours system
• in Austrian Bundesheer, German Bundeswehr and Norwegian Army synonym for rank insignia

• Distinguishable (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Distinction
• All pages with titles beginning with Distinctive