easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" (同)decided
including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I dont really like it"
distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
distinctly separate from the first; "thats another (or different) issue altogether"
be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" (同)variegate, motley
exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size"
differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"
not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"
be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"