distinction (the act of distinguishing) · distinction (that which distinguishes) · discrimination (the act of discriminating, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions)
çekim: çoğul διακρίσεις · tamlayan διάκρισης
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διάκρισις (diákrisis) with semantic loan from French distinction, discrimination and discrétion. By surface analysis, διακρί(νω) (diakrí(no)) + -ση (-si).
difference (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else) [with między (+ instrumental) ‘between what’], · difference (result of subtraction) · difference (disagreement or argument)
çekim: çoğul różnice · tamlayan różnicy
eş: dyferencja, dystans, dywergencja, różność
zıt: podobieństwo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *orz- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Proto-Slavic *õrzьnъ Old Polish rózdny Polish różny Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-ica Old Polish -ica Polish -ica Polish różnica From różny + -ica. First attested in 1500–1547. Compare Belarusian ро́зніца…
difference (that which is different between multiple things; characteristic of something that makes it different from something else) · distinction (that which distinguishes; act of distinguishing, discriminating) · ellipsis of avioero (“divorce”)
çekim: çoğul erot · tamlayan eron
köken: From Proto-Finnic *eroi. Equivalent to erä (“apart”) + -o.