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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Blocked weather patterns can take on slightly different forms depending on where exactly large areas of high pressure can become stuck.
From BBC
"We knew it was going to be different when we started trying for our first baby, but I think the gravity of it, we weren't expecting how different it would be."
From BBC
Researchers showed users millions of head-to-head comparisons of slightly different answers to their queries and then used those preferences to train updates to the 4o model, people involved in training previously told the Journal.
Divergent diagnoses for Alzheimer’s are the result of different criteria for diagnosing the disease.
“It was a signal that we were in a very different type of environment,” he said, noting that tariffs typically boost a country’s currency.
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