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 not been fully understood how exercise works across different age groups, levels of intensity, or frequencies.
From Science Daily
“Even to continue those conversations right now in Milan would be tough. But Los Angeles could be a totally different story.”
From Los Angeles Times
Paul Burrows, head teacher at the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby, said the story was "very important" in helping deaf children "not feel so different".
From BBC
Albertson began looking into the subject as an undergraduate at Purdue University Fort Wayne, out of an interest in different investment strategies, before earning a master’s degree in applied economics from Georgetown.
From Barron's
More than a dozen Royal Mail postal staff from different delivery offices claim rounds are being missed on a daily basis and parcels are being prioritised over letters as they are stretched beyond capacity.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
