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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As a result, perhaps, he takes a different approach to the way that off-the-interstate America has been portrayed recently in, say, “Task,” or “Mare of Easttown.”
However, programs that combined different types of activity and resistance training appeared more effective than aerobic exercise alone.
From Science Daily
The font was also different to the official logo.
From BBC
"I think sometimes your emotions will speak to you in a different language," he told Rolling Stone.
From BBC
What an extraordinary few days it has been for UK-US relations, with three developments each pointing in a different direction.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
