The difference between Distinctive and Other
When used as nouns, distinctive means a distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing, whereas other means an other one, more often rendered as another.
When used as adjectives, distinctive means distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing, whereas other means see other (determiner) below.
Other is also determiner with the meaning: not the one or ones previously referred to.
Other is also adverb with the meaning: apart from.
Other is also verb with the meaning: to regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group.
check bellow for the other definitions of Distinctive and Other
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Distinctive as an adjective:
Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
Examples:
"a product in distinctive packaging"
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Distinctive as an adjective (rare):
Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
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Distinctive as an adjective:
Characteristic, typical.
Examples:
"his distinctive bass voice"
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Distinctive as an adjective (rare):
Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
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Distinctive as an adjective (Hebrew, _, grammar, of accents):
Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
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Distinctive as an adjective (linguistics, of sounds):
Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
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Distinctive as a noun:
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
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Distinctive as a noun (Hebrew, _, grammar):
A distinctive accent.
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Distinctive as a noun (theology):
A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
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Other as an adjective:
See other (determiner) below
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Other as an adjective:
second.
Examples:
"I get paid every other week."
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Other as an adjective:
Alien.
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Other as an adjective:
Different.
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Other as an adjective (obsolete):
Left, as opposed to right.
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Other as a noun:
An other one, more often rendered as another.
Examples:
"I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others."
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Other as a noun:
The other one; the second of two.
Examples:
"One boat is not better than the other."
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Other as an adverb:
Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
Examples:
"Other than that, I'm fine."
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Other as an adverb (obsolete):
Otherwise.
Examples:
"It shall none other be.'' — Chaucer."
"If you think other.'' — Shakespeare."
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Other as a verb (transitive):
To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
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Other as a verb (transitive):
To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.