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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In general, football and we as a dressing room, there is no better place for living together with different passports, different religions than the football club and our group.
From BBC
So, it’s likely she’ll be unemployed for a bit longer than she would be if market conditions were different.
From MarketWatch
"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."
From BBC
Cruz and his band started off their career as a supporting act for Welsh indie band The Royston Club under different names last year.
From BBC
“There might be situations where it’s necessary to say, look, I have a completely different opinion than the majority,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
