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dif·fer·ent (difər ənt, difrənt)

adjective

  1. not alike; dissimilar: with from, or, esp. informally, than, and, in Brit. usage, to
  2. not the same; distinct; separate; other
  3. various
  4. unlike most others; unusual

Etymology: ME < OFr < L differens: see difference

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different Synonyms

different

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  1. Unlike in nature

    distinct, separate, not the same, nothing like, dissimilar, unlike, in disagreement, divergent, disparate, contrasted, variant, dissonant, deviating, deviant, incongruous, varying, various, diverse, contradistinct, altered, incompatible, inconsistent, changed, modified, dissimilar, unlike, contrary, contradictory, contrasting, discordant, inharmonious, opposed, disagreeing, varied, clashing, antagonistic, unsuitable, diametric, reverse, converse, unidentical, contrastive, ranging, to be contrasted, not identical, set apart, other than, another, far from, out of line with, a far cry from, at odds.

    Antonyms alike*, like*, similar. *

  2. Composed of unlike things

    diverse, disparate, manifold, various, divergent, diversified, inconsistent, incongruous, indiscriminate, dissonant, heterogeneous, sundry, variegated, collected, anthologized, miscellaneous, unselected, unclassified, many, several, jarring, asymmetrical, varicolored, assorted; see also complex 1, mixed 1, various.

    Antonyms harmonious*, identical*, uniform. *

  3. Unusual

    unconventional, distinctive, strange, offbeat*; see unusual 1, 2.

different, applied to things that are not alike, implies individuality three different doctors or contrast the twins wore different hats; diverse more emphatically sets apart the things referred to, suggesting a conspicuous difference diverse interests; divergent suggests a branching off in different directions with an ever-widening distance between, and stresses irreconcilability divergent schools of thought; distinct, as applied to two or more things, stresses that each has a different identity and is unmistakably separate from the others, whether or not they are similar in kind, class, etc. charged with two distinct offenses; dissimilar stresses absence of similarity in appearance, properties, or nature dissimilar techniques; disparate implies essential or thoroughgoing difference, often stressing an absence of any relationship between things disparate concepts; various emphasizes the number and diversity of kinds, types, etc. various gifts


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different Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • want: If we want something different we will have to work and struggle for it.

Modifies a noun

  • type: At the same time breeders with a slightly different type of Welsh pig were winning awards in the Show ring.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: At the same time breeders with a slightly different type of Welsh pig were winning awards in the Show ring.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Amazing cereal links As harvest time approaches, cereal crops such as maize and wheat look very different from each other in the field.

Preposition: in

  • character: At Home - Seizures may become more frequent or slightly different in character following birth.

Preposition: from

  • rest: What made him so brilliant, so different from the rest of us?
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How different, how very different, from the home life of our own dear Queen!

-Anonymous

Here I must say, in my eighty-sixth year, I do not feel greatly different from when I was eighty-five. This is my final word. It is time for me to become an apprentice once more. I have not settled in which direction. But somewhere, sometime soon.

-Baron

The worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment.We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.

-Havel,Va¤  clav

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