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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Many require navigating sometimes tricky relationships with land managers who may have different priorities.
From Los Angeles Times
“I was a different kind of beast, man,” Stoudemire says in the documentary.
From Los Angeles Times
Plan 2 loans have been replaced in England by the current Plan 5 loans, which have different terms, but loans also vary according to where in the UK you live.
From BBC
The explanation given was that the students had lived at different private addresses and so no direct link could be made.
From BBC
That’s because getting an AI to identify smells is very different from having it analyze images.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
