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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Their Celtic counterparts are in a different place.
From BBC
Since then, 107 people have attended his workshops, with some returning two or three times at different dark sky locations.
From BBC
But the state of Andrew's body was telling a different story.
From BBC
“Even in years three and four into the relationship, her gains are still larger than a similar woman who also dates a manager, but at a different workplace,” Nix says.
This allowed them to assess changes in cytoplasmic stiffness across different stages of the cell cycle.
From Science Daily
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