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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It has developed multiple contingency plans for different scenarios.
The grandson of a carpet merchant, he likened negotiations to bargaining in the Iranian bazaar, where endless haggling using different arguments brings results.
Crucially, there are two different kinds of autograph hunters.
From BBC
"You are constantly fighting, thinking your club might buy someone or they might sell you. That brings out a really competitive side to you that's not always easy to switch off. This is different."
From BBC
They developed a method to introduce three different types of shear strain to extremely thin crystals of the material.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
