Distinctive meaning : A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic. (Hebrew grammar) A distinctive accent. A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect. Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing. Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things. Characteristic, typical. Distinguished, being distinct in character or position. (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops. (of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.