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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He and his wife, Becky, have attended “No Kings” and other protests because “it’s the only way to show that people have different opinions,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Doing so for Iran may be a different matter.
From BBC
"And it's through doing these things through different mediums like art and creative arts that they can actually find some joy."
From BBC
It meant hiring researchers who had different personalities and favored a range of experimental angles.
Israel has a multi-layered air defence array, with a variety of systems intercepting threats at different altitudes.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
