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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She supports a different proposal, the Sunshine for Our Kids Act, which seeks to make permanent standard time the default nationwide but gives states the option to opt out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But while Messi leads the Golden Boot race with France striker Kylian Mbappe, the global audience has seen a very different Messi from the one who made his debut for Barcelona in 2003.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
We examined different metrics, such as where homes spent the longest time on the market, as well as where housing inventory has jumped the most.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Malört is wisely focusing on the thing that makes it different, which is that it has a very polarizing taste.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Each time we wandered a little farther down the country lanes that wound in every direction away from the village, the dirt beneath our feet so different from the brick streets of Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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