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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Meanwhile, student athletes are routinely playing for two, three or four different schools during their collegiate years.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
“That’s a group that wants to continue to invest and is, candidly, a bit immune to what goes on with geopolitical events, different elements,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026
Among everything they examined, only one stood out as consistently different between young and old animals.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Shilling and his wife, Nanci Shilling, who works in an accounting department at a different chemical plant, bring in about $220,000 a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Her no-nonsense tone is different from what I’m used to, and I know it bothers her, watching me struggle to wear Dad’s guilt, like he designed it to fit me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
