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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They meet to discuss pricing and inventory, but the siblings run their own lots with each a little different from the other.
From Los Angeles Times
He also began his athletic career focused on a different sport, and competed internationally in taekwondo, before a stress fracture in his back forced him to retire.
From BBC
“My own narrative is that I want to build a fairer system and a fairer society that’s more inclusive to people with different needs,” Zhu said.
“It hasn’t changed so drastically that it feels like it’s a different world,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
“Three Trees” is a Christian folktale in which trees with lofty aspirations end up with very different uses than they had dreamed of, finding fulfillment instead in God’s plans for them.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
