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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The couple began by trying different harnesses and getting Roo used to it in the house before introducing a travel backpack Roo could use if she needed a safe space while out and about.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Where AI proved more useful was in suggesting a better way of approaching the task: Instead of thinking of 10 individual words, think of 10 very different categories, and then fill in the words afterward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, student athletes are routinely playing for two, three or four different schools during their collegiate years.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
“People are not sitting home waiting and wondering what’s going to happen, which is a very different phenomenon.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026
By midafternoon, I began to see how silly I’d been to think that things would be different now that I had taken over the business.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
