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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Wu noted that earlier research may have produced conflicting results because people can follow a low-carb or low-fat diet in very different ways.
From Science Daily
Lung cancers, for example, showed a different set of oncRNAs compared with breast cancers.
From Science Daily
But for a long while, bobsled seemed to be a different vehicle for Olympic disappointment.
Faster-growing units within larger businesses can get weighed down by other divisions, or as strategic plans for different units start to diverge.
“It had to be a sound that would stay in the mind of the audience,” Panahi explains, noting he went through several different sound effects until landing on the right mechanical squeal.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
