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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The new deportees to Mexico fit a very different profile.
From Los Angeles Times
The study also examined different cases in where it was a policy change that helped groundwater levels rise.
From Los Angeles Times
If their lives were improved, those voters might make different choices.
From Salon
Timothy Wever, 40, wanted to build a different life from his parents.
The findings show that early plate motion, even if different from today's system, played a role in shaping the young planet.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
