distinct
Usage
What are other ways to say distinct?
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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The study also revealed that aging may occur in distinct stages rather than as one continuous process.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
“Its Japanese meaning is closer to the state of a river rock that has been washed over and tumbled thousands of times, so that it’s both distinct, and a meaningful part of its environment.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s made up of three distinct businesses: a rocket-launch business, a connectivity division and an AI segment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
He thinks investors are grappling with two distinct options: sticking with the market and risking a pullback, or loading into bonds until the IPO wave is complete.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The silk is undeniably black and white, the transition between the two a soft fade of grey, distinct fibers visible in the weave.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing distinct
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