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different
[ dif-er-uhnt, dif-ruhnt ]
adjective
- not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar:
The two brothers are very different even though they're identical twins.
- not identical; separate or distinct:
When I asked for directions, three people gave me three different answers.
Different people told me the same story.
Synonyms: miscellaneous, divers, sundry
- not ordinary; unusual:
I know my new hat is a bit different, but I thought I'd try it out.
different
/ ˈdɪfərənt; ˈdɪfrənt /
adjective
- partly or completely unlike
- not identical or the same; other
he always wears a different tie
- out of the ordinary; unusual
Usage Note
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈdifferently, adverb
- ˈdifferentness, noun
Other Words From
- differ·ent·ly adverb
- differ·ent·ness noun
- un·differ·ent adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of different1
Idioms and Phrases
- horse of a different color
- kettle of fish, different
- march to a different drummer
- sing a different tune
- wear another (different) hat
Example Sentences
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That’s gone and will always be gone no matter how many times I watch a replay or different variation of that replay.
That’s when Washington won its third Super Bowl under Joe Gibbs, doing so with a different quarterback each time.
It’s a whole different game from high school, and then you’re just making that jump.
That doesn’t diminish their suffering — everyone is struggling in a different way — but Bufka encourages them to try to look at all they have.
I was drawn to The Class for different reasons—chiefly, the pipe dream of achieving a tighter and tauter backside.
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.
He captures all the different issues a president deals with and moves from one to the next.
When he was first incarcerated, he says some sort of paperwork snafu had him imprisoned under two different, but similar, names.
Paying for things is a lot different than it used to be, too.
Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.
Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?
“But the laws of Poloeland and those of Flatland are different,” said Amalatok, starting another objection.
Had not this Indian plant been discovered, the whole history of some portions of America would have been far different.
It had been many a moon since we took different roads, but MacRae hadn't changed that I could see.
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Things that are different from one another are not alike in character or quality. How does different compare to synonyms various, distinct, and diverse? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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