as in different
being not of the same kind
a place where people with dissimilar backgrounds can interact
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as in difference
the quality or state of being different
the effectiveness of a metaphor largely depends upon the superficial dissimilarity of the two things being compared
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Recent Examples of dissimilar
IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
Bowen’s plea for an improved performance is not too dissimilar to the reaction West Ham’s then captain Declan Rice tried to elicit midway through the 2022-23 season.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 July 2024
Still, the dissimilarities, in his view, outweighed the similarities.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
To convert the heat to electricity, the RTGs employ a series of thermocouples, which consist of a junction of two dissimilar conductors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2025
Bowen’s plea for an improved performance is not too dissimilar to the reaction West Ham’s then captain Declan Rice tried to elicit midway through the 2022-23 season.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Whether consumers are confused by the similarity (or dissimilarity) of the two designs goes to the heart of the dispute.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 July 2024
Still, the dissimilarities, in his view, outweighed the similarities.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimilar
Adjective
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Vachon even posed the question of whether working with major brands is all that different from banking on cash rebates that stipulate certain creative conditions, such as having heads of department who come from the countries providing the relief.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Each course is dispatched from a different stall downstairs.—
Clarissa Wei,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And here, roundabouts make a major difference because drivers don’t turn left in front of oncoming traffic.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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But its differences will also keep it fresh, since Borderland has a sci-fi twist to it, whereas Squid Game is grounded in the real world.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Old Nazi warheads and US warships have been reclaimed by a new army of diverse marine life, as scientists uncover how nature has made use of the munitions and fleets that ended up dumped in waterways during the two world conflicts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025
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Film and content studio Wavelength has hired Jessica Wolfson as new executive director of the Wave Grant, a program designed to support emerging filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to tell their stories.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The red planet owes its distinctive hue to an oxidizing process that rusts iron present in the rocks and dust of Mars.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The hotel's architecture features the distinctive geometric patterns and organic designs associated with Wright's work.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, because capital appropriates the powers of living labor to itself, the distinctiveness of the latter is deeply obscured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Entirely rescinding the Roadless Rule would deny that principle, and in so doing wound America’s distinctiveness, and its greatness.—
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have used a massive UK Biobank dataset analysis to identify that fat distribution, not just overall size, maps to distinct changes in brain structure and connectivity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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The park encompasses 134 miles of that stretch and is divided into 13 distinct sections.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bailey argued that the district’s dispute with local police departments over its requirement that officers participate in diversity training — an impasse that resulted in some departments leaving schools without resource officers — had left students vulnerable.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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When reconciled with the Catholic premise of celestial unity, the diversity of the New World’s peoples could support the ideal of equality.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By contrast, there was no observance of Latino or Asian heritage months, despite being the two largest ethnic groups.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the contrast between indulgence and insight—the back-and-forth between barefoot bliss and high-tech biometric readouts—felt like the whole point.—
Peter J. Frank,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilar. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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