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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Motin was asked twice if he had fallen asleep at different points before the crash, to which he replied "no".
From BBC
For Valentine’s Day in 2020, they took their wife to different locations around the city where scenes from films she loves were shot.
From Los Angeles Times
“Elizabeth is very, very different from ‘Black Dahlia,’ ” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s a diaspora, you know, people have flung to different parts. I’m in Long Beach. My friends are in Studio City or Burbank or Downey. That is not Altadena.”
From Los Angeles Times
He thinks they were likely all created in different countries, eras and studios.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
