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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"We wanted different flavour profiles as well as different effects, but all with a medicinal value - something to help you relax, something to give you more energy, more pain relief, less anxiety."
From BBC
Efforts are being made by the public sector to crack down on staff who work multiple different jobs at the same time, in secret.
From BBC
This has meant the removal of the DRS overtaking aid - because the rear wing is opening for a different reason.
From BBC
"The more people from different backgrounds come into the spaces and eat these foods, the more everyone feels like it's the community space I want to be in."
From BBC
"Certainly in the East of England, there aren't tens and tens of venues, so the ones we do have, we have to support. They are all different but are championing the same cause."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
