The word is often used synonymously with "invocation", although many authors find a distinction between the two terms.

Upon examination of both female and male stomach matter, Lahanas found a distinction of food material percentages.

The authors found a distinction between emotion-coaching philosophy and parental warmth.

Peter and Susan Klamkin found a distinction when they shopped for a mortgage for their first house.

Chad struggled to find a distinction.

You cannot find a distinction between the political hierarchy and a military soldier.

You find a distinction between measurement and preparation of your landscape.

But the court found a distinction between refusing any service and refusing specific duties.

This has led to attempts to find a relevant moral distinction between the two cases.

Least discussed is the problem of finding a non-arbitrary, rigorous distinction between value created and value transferred in respect of services.