different
Usage
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The adjective different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story. Distinct implies a uniqueness that is clear and unmistakable: plans similar in objective but distinct in method. Diverse, in describing ideas or opinions, suggests degrees of difference that may be at odds or challenging to reconcile: diverse views on how the area should be zoned. Various stresses the multiplicity of sorts or instances of a thing or a class of things: various sorts of seaweed; busy with various duties.
Example Sentences
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Hayes has given 27 players their senior national team debuts and has used 50 different starters in her 30 matches as coach.
From Los Angeles Times
As the third-best-ranked American men’s player currently competing in the ATP Tour, Paul spends much of his time on the road, traveling around the world to different tournaments.
From MarketWatch
The pursuit of Greenland, a territory of Denmark, is different.
The administration took a different approach with Cook.
It is hard to come up with a national policy to boost housing supply, anyway: Land-use restrictions and zoning laws are set by more than 33,000 different local entities across the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
