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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Nvidia and Apple are two very different companies with one problem in common: Both have a hard time springing any surprises.
Cockleburs have two seeds that mature at different times, so you have to kill them twice.
From Literature
Unless -unless -it meant that the not-wolf wolf was actually a wolf who’d eaten lots of different prey, and was now bringing the cub some food!
From Literature
In theory, there could be many different types of baryons that mix these flavours -- however most are extremely difficult to observe.
From Barron's
By then, my dad was taking every acting job that came along, appearing on two different shows a week.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
