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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Instead, the skin and internal organs rely on different molecular systems to detect drops in temperature.
From Science Daily
The European Central Bank and several of its peers held borrowing costs steady Thursday while the Bank of England cut interest rates as the U.K. negotiates a different set of economic pressures from the EU.
From Barron's
Instacart recently charged up to 23% more to different consumers for the same grocery items at the same store, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative.
From Barron's
To investigate this idea, the MicroBooNE team measured neutrinos produced by two different beams and analyzed how they changed as they traveled.
From Science Daily
Figures relating to flu cases in hospitals are collected in different ways in each UK nation.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
