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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This study points to a different perspective by emphasizing the importance of recognizing and making use of strengths.
From Science Daily
Understanding how these chemicals evolve across different stages of plastic breakdown will be essential for assessing their long-term environmental impact.
From Science Daily
This culture shock played out a different way with the students Tran taught English to in Vietnam.
From Salon
Nations around the world are welcoming the New Year as midnight strikes across different time zones.
From BBC
I have experienced so many different situations that you thought the player is already here and then he is not here, or you thought the player would definitely stay and then he leaves.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
