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Definition of different in English: differentadjective ˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)ntˈdɪf(ə)rənt 1Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality. you can play this game in different ways the car is different from anything else on the market Example sentencesExamples - For all these reasons we have a business cycle that is quite different from the rest of Europe.
- We had to employ a fresh set of eyes before we set about using a different method to enhance what we had found.
- Will there come a time when the pain will be less or even different from what it is now?
- Competitors who take to the hills to rally originate from many different walks of life.
- Women are different from men, but it is time to say farewell to the politics of difference.
- When you move away you do feel different as a person because it is a fresh start.
- Huge sums have been won and lost between them and this day would be no different from all the others.
- It's different from acute medicine in that you do get to know families very well indeed.
- This is very different from the way in which domestic machines were received in the past.
- Needless to say, my idea of a perfect holiday might be different from that of other people.
- I was an academic and working all the time and that made me different from everyone else.
- This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg.
- For me it's not that different from producing a painting or performing a piece of music.
- It's very different from here, and high on the list of reasons why I need to move to a big city soon.
- As the only European to do so he was different from the rest but in other ways he was just the same in that he had a story to tell.
- He says that life in Bolton is not too different to that in Austria, except for the weather.
- The story was a bit different from the traditional tale but it was still cracking!
- A carrot grown in one place is going to be different from one grown somewhere else.
- A good comic book gets into your brain in a manner quite different to a novel or movie.
- The new improved model works in a rather different way from the original version.
Synonyms dissimilar, unalike, unlike, non-identical, contrasting, divergent, disparate, poles apart incompatible, mismatched, inconsistent, opposed, at variance, at odds, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary informal like chalk and cheese rare contrastive - 1.1informal Novel and unusual.
try something deliciously different Example sentencesExamples - It is the only element in retail in Bury that makes our town different, even unique.
- Of course, the company has always prided itself on being that little bit different.
- ‘It's never too late to try something different,’ she said before yesterday's commencement ceremony.
- It was really good, and interesting because the style of food was very different.
- The food was very different and smelled wonderful.
Synonyms unusual, out of the ordinary, uncommon, unfamiliar, rare, unique, novel, new, fresh, original, unprecedented, unconventional, unorthodox, off-centre, atypical, out of the way special, singular, remarkable, noteworthy, exceptional, extraordinary, outrageous, outlandish, exotic British out of the common informal way out, offbeat, off the wall
2Distinct; separate. on two different occasions Example sentencesExamples - I think we have to be a bit careful in not separating out two quite different things.
- The machine may rotate around your body to reach the target from different directions.
- Each type of astrology is looking at an individual life from a different perspective.
- The dog, often in conjunction with the skull, points in different directions.
- Since they are kept at different angles, the pots serve as sound reflectors.
- Keep raw and cooked foods separate and use different plates and utensils for them.
- To start with, it is common to distinguish between two different kinds of validity.
- You see Dad getting too tough on occasion and his son struggling to see a different path.
- Someone from your doctor's office takes photographs of your face from different angles.
- Being a group of individuals, we all had different ways of dealing with the problem.
- This novel approach means that we need not one law for all but a different one for each individual.
- When these three very different individuals play teams need to come up with a plan.
- Traditionally, these two approaches have different theoretical perspectives.
- This was a variation on the theme which kept the different aspects of money separate.
- It is clear that this genus is different and distinct from the two preceding ones.
- And since the last recession, they've gone in different directions all together.
Synonyms distinct, separate, individual, discrete, non-identical, unrelated, unconnected, unassociated, independent disparate
Usage Different from, different than, and different to: are there any distinctions between these three constructions, and is one more correct than the others? In practice, different from is both the most common structure, both in British and US English, and the most accepted. Different than is used chiefly in North America, although its use is increasing in British English. It has the advantage that it can be followed by a clause, and so is sometimes more concise than different from: compare things are definitely different than they were one year ago with things are definitely different from the way they were one year ago. Different to is common in Britain, but is disliked by traditionalists. The argument against it is based on the relation of different to differ, which is used with from; but this is a flawed argument which is contradicted by other pairs of words such as accord (with) and according (to) Phrases different strokes for different folks proverb Different things appeal to different people. Example sentencesExamples - That was my decision though, and for other people it might not be right, different strokes for different folks and all that.
- It's not the way I like to handle these guys, but different strokes for different folks.
- The above notwithstanding, it would seem that this is an obvious case of different strokes for different folks.
- There were different strokes for different folks.
- Creative ambiguity, economy with the truth, or is it just a case of different strokes for different folks?
- Then it hit me: it's just different strokes for different folks.
- Well, who am I to judge… different strokes for different folks, I guess!
- So, generally, I put chocolate Easter eggs in the list of things that are different strokes for different folks.
- This colourful, vibrant, thriving city has different strokes for different folks.
- His wife is tattooed as a cat - different strokes for different folks.
Derivatives noun ‘Diversity,’ in effect, has become a veil for positing the fundamental differentness of people based on their race or sex, rather than suggesting something altogether different - the removal of barriers that separate. Example sentencesExamples - We poor benighted left-handers, however, require tender, therapeutic care to deal with our differentness.
- The differentness of ‘immigrated religions’ must therefore be accepted.
- Being treated as slaves or second-class citizens on the basis of a racist ideology, they opposed racist value judgements but accepted the essential differentness of races.
- In this view, feminine (or perhaps just nonmasculine) boys feel they are different from other, more masculine boys; these feelings of differentness lead to eroticization of other males.
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- 'carrying away, differing', from the verb differre (see differ). The word different came ultimately from a form of Latin differre, which meant both ‘defer’ and ‘differ’ in Latin, and is also the source of these two words in English. The modern proverb different strokes for different folks is of US origin. It came to prominence in newspaper reports of comments made by Muhammad Ali about his knockout punches in fights with Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, and Karl Mildenberger during the 1960s. In the saying strokes means ‘comforting gestures of approval or congratulation’, but Ali was making a pun on the word's other meaning, ‘blows’.
Definition of different in US English: differentadjectiveˈdɪf(ə)rəntˈdif(ə)rənt 1Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality. you can play this game in different ways the car is different from anything else on the market this land seemed different than the rest Example sentencesExamples - He says that life in Bolton is not too different to that in Austria, except for the weather.
- It's very different from here, and high on the list of reasons why I need to move to a big city soon.
- Needless to say, my idea of a perfect holiday might be different from that of other people.
- I was an academic and working all the time and that made me different from everyone else.
- This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg.
- A good comic book gets into your brain in a manner quite different to a novel or movie.
- For me it's not that different from producing a painting or performing a piece of music.
- Huge sums have been won and lost between them and this day would be no different from all the others.
- Women are different from men, but it is time to say farewell to the politics of difference.
- Competitors who take to the hills to rally originate from many different walks of life.
- This is very different from the way in which domestic machines were received in the past.
- As the only European to do so he was different from the rest but in other ways he was just the same in that he had a story to tell.
- The story was a bit different from the traditional tale but it was still cracking!
- The new improved model works in a rather different way from the original version.
- When you move away you do feel different as a person because it is a fresh start.
- A carrot grown in one place is going to be different from one grown somewhere else.
- It's different from acute medicine in that you do get to know families very well indeed.
- For all these reasons we have a business cycle that is quite different from the rest of Europe.
- We had to employ a fresh set of eyes before we set about using a different method to enhance what we had found.
- Will there come a time when the pain will be less or even different from what it is now?
Synonyms dissimilar, unalike, unlike, non-identical, contrasting, divergent, disparate, poles apart - 1.1informal Novel and unusual.
try something deliciously different Example sentencesExamples - It was really good, and interesting because the style of food was very different.
- It is the only element in retail in Bury that makes our town different, even unique.
- ‘It's never too late to try something different,’ she said before yesterday's commencement ceremony.
- The food was very different and smelled wonderful.
- Of course, the company has always prided itself on being that little bit different.
Synonyms unusual, out of the ordinary, uncommon, unfamiliar, rare, unique, novel, new, fresh, original, unprecedented, unconventional, unorthodox, off-centre, atypical, out of the way
2Distinct; separate. on two different occasions Example sentencesExamples - Traditionally, these two approaches have different theoretical perspectives.
- The machine may rotate around your body to reach the target from different directions.
- And since the last recession, they've gone in different directions all together.
- This novel approach means that we need not one law for all but a different one for each individual.
- Someone from your doctor's office takes photographs of your face from different angles.
- Each type of astrology is looking at an individual life from a different perspective.
- I think we have to be a bit careful in not separating out two quite different things.
- When these three very different individuals play teams need to come up with a plan.
- The dog, often in conjunction with the skull, points in different directions.
- You see Dad getting too tough on occasion and his son struggling to see a different path.
- Keep raw and cooked foods separate and use different plates and utensils for them.
- To start with, it is common to distinguish between two different kinds of validity.
- This was a variation on the theme which kept the different aspects of money separate.
- Since they are kept at different angles, the pots serve as sound reflectors.
- Being a group of individuals, we all had different ways of dealing with the problem.
- It is clear that this genus is different and distinct from the two preceding ones.
Synonyms distinct, separate, individual, discrete, non-identical, unrelated, unconnected, unassociated, independent
Usage Different from, different than, and different to: what are the distinctions between these three constructions, and is one more correct than the others? In practice, different from is both the most common structure and the most accepted. Different than is used chiefly in North America, although its use is increasing in British English. Because it can be followed by a clause, it is sometimes more concise than different from (compare "things are different than they were a year ago" with "things are different from the way they were a year ago"). Different to, although common in Britain, is disliked by traditionalists and sounds peculiar to American ears Phrases different strokes for different folks proverb Different things appeal to different people. Example sentencesExamples - That was my decision though, and for other people it might not be right, different strokes for different folks and all that.
- Then it hit me: it's just different strokes for different folks.
- Well, who am I to judge… different strokes for different folks, I guess!
- This colourful, vibrant, thriving city has different strokes for different folks.
- So, generally, I put chocolate Easter eggs in the list of things that are different strokes for different folks.
- Creative ambiguity, economy with the truth, or is it just a case of different strokes for different folks?
- It's not the way I like to handle these guys, but different strokes for different folks.
- His wife is tattooed as a cat - different strokes for different folks.
- The above notwithstanding, it would seem that this is an obvious case of different strokes for different folks.
- There were different strokes for different folks.
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre (see differ). |