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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Last week, Satzewich’s students were supposed to be researching how well different cities in Canada integrate immigrants in metrics like the economy, housing and employment.
He also said, “I love the U.S.A., and I think I would never want to represent a different country in the Olympics.”
No space in private or public life offered a different worldview.
As entrepreneurs, investors and students reveled in its potential, veteran healthcare leaders wondered whether this time would be different.
The team used molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations to see how different Aloe vera compounds attach to AChE and BChE.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
