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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Fraudsters could theoretically attempt to pass off a different insect species as one of those four.
From BBC
Takaichi's challenges are graver: Japan is older, its economy is still growing too slowly and the world is in a very different place.
From BBC
“It’s important that we show not only in Paris, Milan and New York, but that we represent American fashion in different places around the world,” he said.
“So many students … the trajectory of their lives is very different because she believed in them,” Dimitri Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times
The entertainment industry, which is still recovering from the effects of the previous strike, is much different from the last time negotiations took place.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
