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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The photo shoot in the midst of the party, where someone’s going to take two hours out from being with their guests to be all over the place in different outfits.
They are using AI in many different ways.
Each of these wilderness areas offers something different.
From Los Angeles Times
“This might be the first show they’ve ever bought tickets to because podcasters are reaching different people than your average music fan or your average comedy fan.”
From Los Angeles Times
I’m enough of a cockeyed optimist to believe that exposure to different cultures, to ways of being in, looking at and talking about the world, can cure a person of prejudice.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
