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 agency would deal with debris risk at a different policymaking level, an FAA official said in an email reviewed by the Journal.
Her '80s-themed Christmas was "a little bit different, a bit quirky, a bit fun".
From BBC
Two women, with two very different stories but the same goal - to lose weight and keep it off - tell us what it's been like for them.
From BBC
"I'm well aware that a number of people, particularly young people, are looking at this in a different way, but that is very much a minority."
From BBC
Both Shields and Price are undefeated, with Price a unified champion at welterweight and American Shields currently campaigning at heavyweight, although she has won world titles in five different categories.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
