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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Previous evidence suggests that most known AD risk variants tend to be population-specific or occur at different frequencies across groups.
From Science Daily
The researchers set out to learn which of these ideas best reflects what actually happens across different activity levels.
From Science Daily
It was only when emergency services began to arrive, with the "different types of sirens" signalling the arrival of ambulances, police and firefighters, that they realised something was wrong.
From BBC
"Did this thing form like a normal planet? No, because the composition is entirely different," Zhang said.
From Science Daily
America’s artists will resist this latest attempt at dictating conformity in a hundred different ways.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
