distinct
Usage
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The adjective 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. Different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story.
Example Sentences
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Two decades later, in the 1860s, the fort walls came down, paving the way for imperial buildings to come up which gave the city its distinct colonial identity.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
It seems plainly logical that diplomats, tribal members and invading armies are of a distinct sovereignty and not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Five acts — Nezza, Eddy, Tropa Magica, Vanita Leo and Hermanos Espinoza — take over the De Los showcase at South by Southwest with their own distinct essence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
When two distinct cancer markers are present on a cell, the DNA components attach to them and assemble at that exact location.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
It had its own labels, just as indecipherable to her as the ones on the first map, but as her eyes roved over it, she felt a distinct sense of something like hope.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
