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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But the regional effects are complicated, and some places may be both warmer and cooler than expected at different points in the year.
From BBC
He said Future Sark would be talking to people from different parts of the island's economy and hearing about the issues currently concerning people.
From BBC
Correlations between different asset classes offer a real-time guide to how markets interpret the shock.
From MarketWatch
"When light is 'lensed', the different paths the light follows to get to Earth don't all have the same length, so light moving along different paths takes variable amounts of time to reach us."
From Science Daily
Each possibility points to a different story about how planets formed in the early Solar System.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
