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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After bouncing around schools and realizing he needed a different education to express himself equally academically and artistically, he ended up at LACHSA.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
There will be lots of different questions asked of him, and Ollie can just do what he's done for Sussex and what he's done for England when he's been at his best.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Having a different amount of paid time off as your partner, though, can affect how you work, vacation and raise children.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Wednesday's auction saw three clients from different parts of the world bidding on the gem.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
How many of us were there, that happy afternoon, who were soon to meet under very different circumstances!
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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