在过去，许多不同的东西被用作货币。

In the past many different things were used as money.

youdao

不同的东西并不完全意味着它是坏的。

Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad.

youdao

他们卖不同的东西。

They sell different things.

youdao

This is nice shorthand, all right, but it's something that in fact I probably would want to do differently.

但是实际上有一些东西，我可能想换种不同的方式来做,为什么我要换种。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

You want to use "it's like" sometimes to compare things that are not similar and sometimes to compare things that are similar.

你可以用这个句型来比较相似或者完全不同的东西。

It's like 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

No, but the pay, the way they value, the way of valuing each-- Okay, so the payoffs may be different.

但是结果,他们关心的东西不同,结果导致收益不同

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选