# Dictionary of Fine Distinctions
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**Date Read**:: [[2025-04-19]]
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**Pages**:: 77
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**Title**:: Dictionary of Fine Distinctions
**Authors**:: [[Eli Burnstein]]
**Publisher**:: [[Union Square & Co.]]
**Published**:: [[2024-04-14]]
**Updated**:: [[2024-10-14]]
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<B>"This delightful book is a tribute to the genius of the human mind for conceptual precision and the beauty of the English language in capturing it. It resolves a great deal of puzzlement over confusable terms, and its endearing illustrations and lighthearted explanations multiply the satisfaction." —Steven Pinker, author of <I>The Language Instinct </I>and <I>Rationality</I></B><BR /> What's the difference between mazes and labyrinths? Proverbs and adages? Clementines and tangerines? Join author Eli Burnstein on a hairsplitter's odyssey into the world of the ultra-subtle with <I>Dictionary of Fine Distinctions</I>. Illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck, this humorous dictionary takes a neurotic, brain-tickling plunge into the infinite (and infinitesimal) nuances that make up our world.<BR /> The perfect gift for book lovers, word nerds, trivia geeks, and everyday readers, this illustrated gem is more than just a book—it is an indispensable resource akin...