different. Often used unnecessarily. 'He plays milkmaid to more than 50 different species of poisonous snake' {Observer}; 'The phenomenally successful Rubik Cube, which has 43,252,002,274,489,856,000 different permutations but only one solution' {Sunday Times}; '{He} published at least five different books on grammar' {Simon, Paradigms Lost}. Frequently, as in each of these examples, it can be deleted without loss.
( Bill Bryson )
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