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. Diversein describing ideas or opinionssuggests 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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While this stretch can feel gray and suspendedthe cookbooks tell a different story.
From Salon
Bit by bit his literacy improved—“the technical mechanics of reading are different from reading comprehension,” he observes.
“Going into that offseasonit was hard to imagine him in a different uniform,” Friedman said.
From Los Angeles Times
AllHere had client school districts in different parts of the countrybut authorities later alleged that AllHere exaggerated its business success.
From Los Angeles Times
A record obtained by residents shows that in Julyworkers sprayed different herbicides in San Juan Creekincluding triclopyr and imazapyr.
From Los Angeles Times
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