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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Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Every Sunday is different, but my ideal Sunday would be one of food, family, friends and frolicking throughout the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Kenyon's tone, emphasis and choice of language was markedly different from Nigel Farage's both in the House of Commons and in an online video he posted.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The BMC, which looks at 18 different factors including equity valuatiosn, sentiment, credit spreads, yield curves, fund flows, corporate fundamentals and financing activity, is now at its highest level since the global financial crisis.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But there’s something different about the pictures now that they are larger than life and I can really see the whites of the women’s eyes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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