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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That his work has become commercially iconic is undeniable; whether that’s a laudable artistic legacy to leave behind is a different question.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Her voice is different, deeper, possessing a lifetime of experience that her teenage self couldn’t have possibly imagined.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
His bad-tempered outburst showed a different side of a man used to cracking jokes and charming even his critics.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Now consider a different measure, free cash flow.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“But surely something registered. It registered enough that you were able to ascertain that it was the same caller from before, and not a different caller.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
