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Different

Different Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Different? [adj] differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" [adj] not like; marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [adj] unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" [adj] distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" [adj] distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Different: another(a) \| antithetic \| antithetical \| assorted \| contrary \| contrasting \| contrastive \| diametric \| diametrical \| differing(a) \| disparate \| dissimilar \| distinct \| distinguishable \| divergent \| divers(a) \| diverse \| opposite \| other \| polar \| several(p) \| unlike \| unusual \| variant \| various Related Terms \| Find terms related to Different: aberrant \| abnormal \| absolute \| abundant \| amorphous \| anomalistic \| anomalous \| another \| assorted \| at odds \| at variance \| bizarre \| capricious \| certain \| changeable \| changing \| choppy \| concrete \| conflicting \| contrary \| contrasted \| contrasting \| contrastive \| counter \| crank \| crankish \| cranky \| crotchety \| defined \| definite \| departing \| detailed \| determinate \| deviant \| deviating \| deviative \| deviatory \| differentiated \| differing \| disaccordant \| disagreeing \| discordant \| discrepant \| discrete \| discriminated \| disjoined \| disorderly \| disparate \| dissimilar \| dissonant \| distant \| distinct \| distinctive \| distinguishable \| distinguished \| divaricate \| divergent \| diverging \| divers \| diverse \| diversified \| diversiform \| dotty \| eccentric \| erose \| erratic \| esoteric \| especial \| exceptional \| express \| extraordinary \| fey \| fixed \| flaky \| formless \| freakish \| funny \| hardly like \| heteroclite \| heterogeneous \| heteromorphic \| idiocratic \| idiosyncratic \| impulsive \| in disagreement \| inaccordant \| incompatible \| incongruous \| inconsistent \| inconsonant \| inconstant \| individual \| inharmonious \| inner \| intimate \| irreconcilable \| irregular \| jagged \| jerky \| kinky \| kooky \| maggoty \| manifold \| many \| mercurial \| minute \| motley \| multifarious \| mutable \| new \| nonconformist \| nonstandard \| nonuniform \| noteworthy \| novel \| numerous \| nutty \| odd \| oddball \| off \| offbeat \| opposite \| original \| other \| otherwise \| out \| particular \| peculiar \| personal \| pluralistic \| poles apart \| poles asunder \| precise \| private \| queer \| quirky \| ragged \| rare \| remarkable \| respective \| rough \| scarcely like \| screwball \| screwy \| separate \| separated \| several \| shapeless \| single \| singular \| solipsistic \| spasmodic \| special \| specific \| sporadic \| strange \| stray \| straying \| subnormal \| sundry \| twisted \| unalike \| uncommon \| unconformable \| unconventional \| unequable \| unequal \| uneven \| unfamiliar \| unheard-of \| unidentical \| unique \| unlike \| unmatched \| unnatural \| unorthodox \| unresembling \| unsame \| unsimilar \| unstable \| unsteady \| unsystematic \| ununiform \| unusual \| variable \| variant \| varied \| variegated \| variform \| various \| varying \| wacky \| wandering \| wavering \| weird \| whimsical \| widely apart \| worlds apart See Also \| different \| incompatible \| varied Different In Webster's Dictionary \Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. diff['e]rent.] 1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. ``Five different churches.'' --Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different. --Dryden. Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible.

Different Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Different?

[adj] differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
[adj] not like; marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
[adj] unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
[adj] distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether"
[adj] distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"

See Also | different | incompatible | varied

Different In Webster's Dictionary

\Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of
differre: cf. F. diff['e]rent.]
1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. ``Five different
   churches.'' --Addison.

2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially
   or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food
   or drink; different states of health; different shapes;
   different degrees of excellence.

         Men are as different from each other, as the regions
         in which they are born are different. --Dryden.

Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to,
      for different from, is a common English colloquialism.
      Different than is quite inadmissible.

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