The phrase "are relatively distinct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe two or more items that are noticeably different from each other, but not in an absolute sense.
Example: "The two species of birds are relatively distinct in their coloration and size, making it easier to identify them in the wild."
Alternatives: "are fairly different" or "are somewhat separate".
The languages of Palau, Yap, and the Marianas are relatively distinct from each other and from other Micronesian languages, although they are clearly Austronesian in their general affiliation.
Genetic studies have found that rat populations in each of the favela's valleys are relatively distinct, suggesting the rodents don't stray too far.
These two viruses are relatively distinct viruses, making the extrapolation of these results difficult.
This suggests that these are relatively distinct domains.
Further, previous work has suggested that physical and passive activities are not two ends of a spectrum of activity and that the two types of behaviors are relatively distinct [ 48– 50].
However, negative symptoms typically have shown relatively weak correlations to cognitive deficits [ 26], a finding that suggests that while there is some shared variance in predicting outcomes, negative symptoms and neurocognitive deficits are relatively distinct constructs.
Transcript levels of the five qRT-PCR-confirmed genes in aCRSwNP were relatively distinct when compared to the AR samples (Figure 2).
Public and private used to be relatively distinct settings associated with different kinds of language.
Those developers have typically been cautious about supporting Nintendo's machines, because the technology inside them is relatively distinct compared with those made by Microsoft and Sony, two main rivals.
Our study supports close relationship of Callimusa with the section Australimusa (2n = 2x = 20), where M. coccinea is relatively distinct from other accessions.
This is consistent with our finding that spatial patterns of activity evoked by different exemplars within a category were relatively distinct and that individual fractals were better classified at this time bin.
