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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There are now two distinct routes: one to the north, near the Iranian coast -- the only one approved by Tehran -- and another to the south, between the Omani coast and potentially mined areas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
For Levi, the discipline of science—which is “clear and distinct and verifiable at every step”—counters totalitarianism, “a tissue of lies and emptiness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Free from the traditional New York publishing bubble, Transit Books and Unnamed Press are building creative, distinct — and flourishing — literary houses on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It's well appreciated that different intensities of exercise stimulate distinct body-wide adaptations," notes Luke Olsen, the postdoctoral fellow who conducted the studies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Suma sits cross-legged against the tree in front of me, the distinct spiral of a silver unicorn horn jutting out from long waves of dark hair.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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