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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"You live through that every day, if only I asked for a second opinion, the outcome could have been different."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
What exactly is meant by “the underlying assessments“? How can they be “similar” when the results for the articles the study spotlighted are materially different?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“If you don’t, you’re hearing it from people who haven’t been back in 50, 60 years. It’s a different place, in good ways and bad ways.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It’s rare in the investment world to have two similar groups of securities trading at vastly different prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“Well, not just tacos—the menu changes up, but they serve different kinds of Indigenous foods and typical American stuff, too. This place, it’s one of a kind.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
