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 used to take me a few days to get all my different receipts into a single file for my accountant.
Directed trusts have different trustees responsible for investment, distribution and oversight to help ensure that your wishes are followed.
From MarketWatch
By applying advanced measurement and analysis techniques, they separated the signals coming from chains aligned in different directions.
From Science Daily
In the new research, the team worked with human spinal cord organoids -- miniature organs derived from stem cells -- to recreate different forms of spinal cord trauma and evaluate a promising regenerative treatment.
From Science Daily
The Kenwards added they did not have any symptoms and were both diagnosed after tests for a different condition.
From BBC
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