different

See also: différent and diffèrent

English

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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DIFFERENTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-#DIFFERENT

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DIFFERENTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DIFFERENT different, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DIFFERENT different, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DIFFERENT differēnsCategory:English undefined derivations#DIFFERENT, present active participle of differō (to differ). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).

Pronunciation

Adjective

different (comparative more different, superlative most different)Category:English lemmas#DIFFERENTCategory:English adjectives#DIFFERENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:different
    Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:similar
    — Is your grandpa any better?
    — No different. Still ill.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#DIFFERENT
  2. Various, assorted, diverse.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:assorted
    Antonyms: undifferent, homogeneous
    • 2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
      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 neighborhood characteristics and activities.
      Category:English terms with quotations#DIFFERENT
  3. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:separate
    Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:equal
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2013, page 200:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#DIFFERENT
    Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.Category:English terms with usage examples#DIFFERENT
  4. Unlike most others; unusual.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strange
    Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:normal
    What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.Category:English terms with usage examples#DIFFERENT

Usage notes

  • (not the same): Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective different (not the same) may be construed with one of the prepositions from, to, and than, or with the subordinating conjunction than. Of these, from is more common in formal registers than in informal ones; than is more common in the US; and to is more common in the UK, in Australia, and in New Zealand. Style guides often advocate different from, by analogy with differ from rather than *differ than or *differ to, and proscribe different than and different to.

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Noun

different (plural differents)Category:English lemmas#DIFFERENTCategory:English nouns#DIFFERENTCategory:English countable nouns#DIFFERENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#DIFFERENT) The different ideal.

Adverb

different (comparative more different, superlative most different)Category:English lemmas#DIFFERENTCategory:English adverbs#DIFFERENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. Differently.

Derived terms

Further reading

Category:English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers#DIFFERENT

German

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:German terms borrowed from Latin#DIFFERENTCategory:German terms derived from Latin#DIFFERENT differēns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

different (strong nominative masculine singular differenter, comparative differenter, superlative am differentesten)Category:German lemmas#DIFFERENTCategory:German adjectives#DIFFERENTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. different

Declension

Further reading

  • different” in Duden online
  • different” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

differentCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DIFFERENTCategory:Latin verb forms#DIFFERENTCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of differō

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#DIFFERENTCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#DIFFERENT different, from LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#DIFFERENT differēns, present active participle of differō; equivalent to differren (to postpone) + -entCategory:Middle English terms suffixed with -ent#DIFFERENT.

Pronunciation

Adjective

different (plural and weak singular differente)Category:Middle English lemmas#DIFFERENTCategory:Middle English adjectives#DIFFERENTCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with entries#DIFFERENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DIFFERENT

  1. different

Descendants

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