What is the meaning of distinct?

adjective

• Often followed by `from'. ( not alike; different in nature or quality)
  • usage: "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
  • synonyms: distinguishable
• Easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined.
  • usage: "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
• Constituting a separate entity or part.
  • usage: "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"
  • synonyms: discrete
• Recognizable; marked.
  • usage: "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
  • synonyms: decided
• Clearly or sharply defined to the mind.
  • usage: "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct... Intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
  • synonyms: clear-cut, trenchant