He learned the distinction between gold and lead.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The distinction cannot therefore be dismissed as a ˜distinction without a difference™.    From Wordnik.com.  [Existence] Reference

In my mind the main distinction is that in Kenya there were no extermination camps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret History] Reference

Some think it intimates our own evil way, in distinction from the evil way of others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

Problem is, the distinction is artificial at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Stuck Jars With Rubber Bands | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

In practical terms the distinction is crucial to survival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference

I think the state/behaviour distinction is a good point here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kings] Reference

So, the distinction is the illegality of their (alleged) acts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

This distinction is also a poor descriptor of political parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Fiscal Conservatives Shouldn’t Vote Republican | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference

That, my friend, is what I call a distinction without a difference.    From Wordnik.com.  ["quietly claimed sweeping new powers"] Reference

But the distinction is a minor one, and arguably political in nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Exclusive: Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’] Reference

… But the distinction is a minor one, and arguably political in nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage] Reference

That distinction is crucial for affirming who we are.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Suissa: The Loyalty Oath Is a Good Deal] Reference

But the distinction is not always clearly carried out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

The distinction is a natural one, and was well understood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

How much distinction is there at 500 yards with open sights?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Savage Attack on Scopes] Reference

The distinction is not always observed, since here, and in Ps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Establishing a distinction is not the same thing as finding a cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homosexuality and Biology] Reference

In its psychic manifestation this intense sex-distinction is equally apparent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference

See what a distinction is put between sins of presumption and sins of infirmity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference

No human distinction is more absolutely and exclusively social than the moral sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference

The distinction is so visible and so great, as to create a strong belief of his being a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference

What distinction is Tyler making between the public and private aspects of married life?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler: Questions] Reference

There is a certain distinction about it, from which the new-comer is invidiously excluded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housekeeping In The Klondike] Reference

Had I stayed on in Cairo I should have had much and many marks of distinction from the English.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis] Reference

But, said Herman, whose firm often represents Democrats, such a distinction is beside the point.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Mocks Own Campaign Finance Law In 'Ridiculous' Way] Reference

The main distinction of human virtue is in what we roughly describe as altruism, – "otherness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference