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 AEI report divided families into five different groups by income.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Every company’s take on what superintelligence means is different, and Microsoft’s is on-brand: Superintelligence as a Microsoft enterprise product that works within the strict bounds its customers require.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
When compared with images and videos of the event posted on the Hungarian government's official Facebook page, they are wildly different.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
I built my career around this worldview, stepping into roles directing design programs at two different universities.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
“Don’t she have a different shape up above?” he wondered, and she seemed to.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
