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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"We now have a different mechanism where we might be able to target astrocytes or specifically this HCAR1 receptor," he added.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
Wandering down the unlit corridors of a six-storey building behind the Royal Hill casino, each door opens onto a different world.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
"A lot of it was subterfuge. We wanted to have them think he was in a different location because they had a vast military force out there," Trump said.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Gilbert also told Stephanopoulos that before she married Busfield, she was aware he had been accused of sexual harassment twice by different women, once in 1994 and another time in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Cockleburs have two seeds that mature at different times, so you have to kill them twice.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
