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