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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Scotland has used its devolved powers to set up a distinct tax system, which helps fund a more generous social security support and free university education.
From BBC
"By combining optical nonlinear sensing, which effectively minimizes background noise, with an amplification-free design, our method offers a distinct balance of speed and precision."
From Science Daily
The images revealed short phosphorus chains forming in three distinct directions across the silver surface, each separated by 120 degree angles.
From Science Daily
The idea, college advisers say, is to assemble a list of summer pursuits that show increasing mastery in a distinct specialty.
They are the economic optimists, a breed that polling shows to be a distinct minority amid the pervasive pessimism.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
