different
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Adjective
- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- — Is your grandpa any better? — No different. Still ill.
- At Elizabeth-Jane mentioning how greatly Lucetta had been jeopardized, he exhibited an agitation different in kind no less than in intensity from any she had seen in him before. - 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of...
- One interesting feature was remarked by Dr. Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes. - 1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's...
Antonyms: undifferent akin alike comparable conformable corresponding homologous identical same similar twin
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different...
Synonyms: assorted confused conglomerate desultory deviating different disaccordant discordant discrepant disordered disparate dissimilar divers diverse diversified inaccordant incongruous inconsistent inconsonant indiscriminate inharmonious irregular jumbled manifold
Antonyms: undifferent homogeneous
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. - 2013 May-June, Charles T....
- Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
Synonyms: detached discrete distinct disparate loose separate sundry unattached unannexed unassociated unconnected
Antonyms: undifferent coordinate equal even identical level on a par
- Unlike most others; unusual.
- What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.
Synonyms: aberrant abnormal alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre booky curious deviant discrepant eerie eldritch errant exceptional extraordinary fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd funny heteroclite hinky
Antonyms: undifferent average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary everyday expected garden variety improminent mundane natural normal ordinary par for the course plain plain vanilla
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēnsder. Old French differentbor. Middle English different English different From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.
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differ difference differentiate indifferent distinct separate
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couldn't be more different dance to a different tune diffability different as chalk and cheese different breed of cat different drummer differential differentiation different ideal different light differently differentness different story different strokes different strokes for different folks equidifferent horse of a different color march to a different beat march to a different drum march to a different drummer march to the beat of a different drum march to the beat of a different drummer nondifferent on a different note
Adverb
- Differently.
- [I]f they view it in the same light as I do, they will act different to their previous intentions. - 1843 October 28, The Port Phillip Gazette, Victoria, page 4, column 1:
- Mr Graves objected to any postponement, and as to the verdict being against the weight of evidence, he was quite sure his Honor would not act different from the Judges, who were slow to interfere with the verdict of a...
- Cars "act different" on a long trip. - 1954 December 16, The Argus, Melbourne, page 29, column 6:
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- The different ideal.