English teachers require technical terms to be able to make conceptual distinctions which are important to their subject.

The conceptual distinction between primary and secondary clues made this much clearer than it would otherwise have been.

These fundamental questions involved a conceptual distinction between the concepts of "state" and "government."

Some will say that that is all very well as a conceptual distinction.

There is an important conceptual distinction between a demerit good and a negative externality.

It defines creation as an intellectual process requiring conceptual distinctions and categories.

He has less to say about the conceptual distinction between symbiosis and natural selection.

In medicine, conceptual distinctions are considered useful to the degree that they can help to guide treatments.

There is also a conceptual distinction between in-role and extra-role behaviors.

Unfortunately this clear conceptual distinction between perceptions and attitudes is unrealistic.