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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"Just as every human being is unique, we believe that every single robot should also be distinct."
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Molly Roberts, one of the co-authors of the Nature paper this column featured last week, said Jeff’s experiment surfaces a mechanism distinct from the one her team studied—but no less important.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Each role carries distinct duties and powers of oversight.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
He said the swarm appeared to coalesce as they flared up and down for several minutes, "forming a distinct triangle before vanishing".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Then, to my amazement, I heard distant but distinct sounds, a whisper of music and something else, the laughter of children coming from high up in the sky.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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