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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Nixon said that his automated AI research startup, Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute, uses seven or eight different models, including OpenAI and Anthropic products for different purposes, and open-source Chinese models.
That ratio is the largest since at least 1994, signaling a market with unusually high divergence in returns between different companies.
She is also hired by brands when they have pop-up shops in different locations, handing out products.
From BBC
Ben Turner said the public has accepted "various different costs for a long time" and this is another rise "you have to stomach".
From BBC
But a plane is different in that its structure is intrinsic to the machine.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.