Difference between ‘distinct’ and ‘different’?

[Rosario]

Hello everybody,

What the differences between word ‘distinct’ and ‘different’?

Which one is more polite to use?

Thanks in advance.

[Mister Micawber]

Neither is particularly polite or impolite.

Distinct: recognizable; marked
Different: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
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[Skrej]

Just to tag on to Mr. Micawber's comment, two things could be different, but without either one being distinct.
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[Rosario]

Thanks to Mr. Micawber and Skrej.