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different
- /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/ US, UK
- /ˈdɪf.ɹənt/ US, UK
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more different · most different
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Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
— Is your grandpa any better?
— No different. Still ill.
Opposite: undifferent, akin, alike, comparable, conformable, corresponding, homologous, identical, same, similar, twin
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Various, assorted, diverse.
My daughter told me about all the different animals she saw at the zoo.
Similar: assorted, confused, conglomerate, desultory, deviating, different, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, disordered, disparate, dissimilar · Opposite: undifferent, homogeneous
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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.
Similar: detached, discrete, distinct, disparate, loose, separate, sundry, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected · Opposite: undifferent, coordinate, equal, even, identical, level, on a par
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Unlike most others; unusual.
What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.
Similar: aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch · Opposite: undifferent, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional
Similar: different, differing, dissimilar, diverse, other, unalike, unlike · Opposite: identical, similar
noun differents
- The different ideal.
adverb more different · most different
- Differently. [I]f they view it in the same light as I do, they will act different to their previous intentions.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: differing, contrastive, contrasting, other, antithetical, diametric, opposite, antithetic, distinguishable, contrary, divergent, several, dissimilar, distinct, divers, unusual
Translations
Every language
adj not the same
| Español | diferente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다른 dareun |
| 日本語 | 異なる kotonaru, 違う chigau |
| 中文 | 不一樣 /不一样 bùyīyàng |
| हिन्दी | भिन्न bhinn, अलग alag, अलहदा alahdā, अलग-अलग alag-alag |
| Kiswahili | tofauti |
| Português | diferente |
| Français | différent |
| Deutsch | verschieden, unterschiedlich, different |
| Italiano | differente |
| Ελληνικά | διαφορετικός diaforetikós |
| Română | diferit, deosebit |
| Русский | друго́й drugój, не тако́й как ne takój kak, ино́й inój |
| Tiếng Việt | khác |
| العربية | مُخْتَلِف muḵtalif |
| עברית | שונה shoné, שונה shoná |
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