Earl Grey tea has a distinctive smell and taste.
The tiger is recognisable by their distinctive stripes.
Whippoorwill is a name of a bird with a rather distinctive call... 'The whippoorwill has a distinctive call'.
You just did. However, there is a distinction between your usage of the word and my usage in this sentence. The distinction should be noted in the way in which I make my usage of the word distinct from your usage. My sentence distinctly uses the word 'distinction' in order to distinguish or contrast it from the way it was used in your sentence, thus defining the manner in which the word is used.
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs.
A line segment in geometry is a distinctive line that has end points.
My grandfather had a distinctive pair of glasses, they were purple and green. My baby brother made a distinctive noise when he cried. Distinctive means noticeable, and often out-of-the-ordinary.
The word "mannerism" is used to describe distinctive speech or behavior. An example of a sentence using the word "mannerism" is "He had a very unique, eccentric mannerism. "
Her home was part of a nondescript area in the town. This sentence works because the word describes something that is not unique or does not have distinctive features that makes it stand out from other things similar.
'Tabby' should be capitalized when it is used as part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence. For example, in the phrase "Tabby cats are known for their distinctive markings," 'Tabby' is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence.
Distinctive is an adjective.
What do you mean by distinctive? Is that the word you meant?
Many Natuve Americans opposed assimilation into society, because it meant losing their distinctive tribal cultures.
The apple snail is a freshwater mollusk known for its distinctive shell and ability to reproduce rapidly.