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johnpublic
on Oct 14, 2022
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Replace the “very” in your sentence
actually, the website says "very different = distinct". So "it's distinct from what you intended."
Which I actually prefer.
denton-scratch
on Oct 14, 2022
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Not the same. "Distinct from X" means that it can be distinguished from X; "very different from X" means that it's hard to mistake it for X.
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Which I actually prefer.