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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This is Will coming out in 1987, or whatever year it is — it’s a totally different landscape, and you really have to separate the two as much as it was part of my own journey.
From Los Angeles Times
"I see this in my own diocese in London, where people are delivering holistic support in different settings," she said.
From BBC
They analyzed liver tissue samples from patients at different stages of disease, including individuals who had not yet developed cancer.
From Science Daily
The team has previously developed a therapy aimed at reducing waist circumference and plans to evaluate how different treatment strategies might benefit this newly defined group.
From Science Daily
The team focused on two novae that erupted in 2021 and found that they behaved in strikingly different ways.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
