The chicken dictionary contains at least 24 different clucks, squawks and disapproving brrrk noises, each with its own distinct meaning.

In competition, the term may have a distinct meaning.

If we hold 'deny', 'rebut' and 'refute' to their distinct meanings, then we have a better chance of anticipating avoidable harm.

They give an impression of great age, but by the time of our texts, their significance had become blurred and the word had lost almost all distinct meaning.

They are indeed different words with distinct meanings, but the sticklers' injunction against using them interchangeably seems to me overwrought, as not many people do it.