So distinct a thing, from a distance, once you're in close quarters, impossible to pin down.

There is shock in total sudden contrast, coming on a wrong thing clear-cut and distinct.

Two distinct things cannot have all their properties in common.

We can mean different and distinct things while using the same sentence in different situations.

The moral of the tale is, that anger at times goes to war with desire, as though they were two distinct things.

And that is a distinct thing apart from other things?

There are three very distinct things at play here.

The author has simply confused two entirely distinct things.

The code about accuracy and the law of defamation are two very distinct things.

A set can be thought of as a collection of distinct things united by some common feature.