different beast

noun

: an entirely different thing
Reading modern English is one thing, but understanding Shakespeare is an entirely different beast.

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Even with his steely determination, Fitzpatrick knows that Scheffler is a different beast when he's locked in. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 Sound of Falling is a very different beast in that regard. Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025 Health systems also vary enormously, even within the same region: an academic medical center in an urban hub is a very different beast from a rural hospital. Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 The problem of how to fill in those colors, however, proved to be a different beast. Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for different beast

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