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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And to select theaters this weekend comes “Pillion,” starring Mr. Skarsgård as another fantasy lover of sorts, though in a very different kind of relationship.
“The appropriations bills, reconciliation, rescissions, all the different tools we are using. . . . It’s the end of futility,” Mr. Vought says in an interview.
“While this is very different from what happened under the Kirchners, it is still a change in the rules compared with what had been announced,” said Marcos Buscaglia, an author and emerging-markets economist.
"There are so many different takes. I think every year we should have a new one."
From BBC
Some Social Security experts refer to a “break-even” analysis, which is done by comparing the benefits that would apply at different claiming ages.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
