distinct
Usage
What are other ways to say distinct?
The adjective 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. Different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story.
Example Sentences
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“Had Congress intended to convey the distinct and extraordinary power to impose tariffs, it would have done so expressly,” Roberts wrote.
The company says the services it offers are distinct from online betting.
Although farming had already spread across much of Europe, northern groups like those at Ajvide continued their traditional way of life and remained genetically distinct from nearby farming populations.
From Science Daily
Yet he pointed out that CyberArk and Palo Alto Networks will continue to operate as distinct businesses in the near term, as “large structural changes” will not arrive this fiscal year.
From MarketWatch
Think less towering Caesar, more distinct pieces of confetti.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
