'distinct things' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to two or more different objects, ideas, or categories. For example, "A kaleidoscope reveals a unique pattern of distinct things."
The paper maintained that it was vital to see the referendum and the internal Tory battle as "distinct things".
Rather, we can say that while European metaphysics has tended to center on problems of reconciliation (how ontologically distinct things can interact), Chinese metaphysics has been more concerned with problems of distinction.
The code about accuracy and the law of defamation are two very distinct things.
Apple, however, seems to reckon mobile advertising and online advertising are two distinct things.
To ravish, confusingly, can mean one of two distinct things: to seize someone and carry them off, or to enrapture.
"Poetry, in fact, is two quite distinct things," H. L. Mencken wrote in a 1920 magazine column.
"I think she hears noise, not distinct things," said Mr. Ax, whose approach is usually closer to a chamber musician's than a soloist's.
Dear Andrew, There really are two related but distinct things people have in mind when they talk about a "hard landing" for China.
"The chance to work on Broadway choreography as opposed to having to deliver Broadway choreography can be two distinct things," Mr. Woetzel said.
When r = n, the number nPr = n(n − 1)(n − 2)⋯ is simply the number of ways of arranging n distinct things in a row.
"Wilder's fiction, her autobiography, and her real childhood as she lived it are three distinct things, but they are all closely intertwined, and readers will enjoy seeing how they reflect one another.
