1. 兩者都可表示“遠”,但 far 屬常用詞,而 distant 則通常用于表示相當遠的距離。如:
How far did you drive today? 今天你開車開了多遠?
She lives in a distant town. 她住在一個遙遠的城鎮里。
The moon is distant from the earth. 月亮離地球很遠。
表示一般的遠距離,通常不用 distant。如:
一般不說:My house is distant from the school.
最好說成:My house is a long way from the school.
2. 與數字連用時,distant 不管遠近都可以用;而 far 則根本不與數字連用。如:
車站離我家 5 英里。
誤:The station is five miles far (away) from my home.
正:The station is five miles distant from my home.
正:The station is five miles away from my home.