different
English
Etymology
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”); see differ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪf.ɹənt/, /ˈdɪf.əɹ.ənt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dif‧fer‧ent, diffe‧rent
Adjective
different (comparative more different, superlative most different)
- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- 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.
- 1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest, page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in 1915)
- 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.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 6
- Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are different from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
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- Various, assorted, diverse.
- 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.
- 2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, 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.
- Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
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- Unlike most others; unusual.
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.
- Pleasure is different from/than/to happiness.
- It's different than (or from what) I expected.
Synonyms
- (not the same): other; See also Thesaurus:different
- (various): sundry; See also Thesaurus:assorted
- (distinct): apart, distinct; See also Thesaurus:separate
- (unlike most others): aberrant, deviant, nonstandard; See also Thesaurus:strange
Antonyms
- (not the same): alike, identical, same, similar
- (various): homogeneous
- (distinct): coherent, indistinct, unified
- (unlike most others): normal, usual; See also Thesaurus:normal
- (all senses): undifferent
Derived terms
Derived terms
- different as chalk and cheese
- different drummer
- different ideal
- different light
Related terms
Translations
not the same
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unlike most others
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Further reading
- different in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- different in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɪfəˈʀɛnt]
- Hyphenation: dif‧fe‧rent
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Declension
Positive forms of different
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist different | sie ist different | es ist different | sie sind different | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | differenter | differente | differentes | differente |
genitive | differenten | differenter | differenten | differenter | |
dative | differentem | differenter | differentem | differenten | |
accusative | differenten | differente | differentes | differente | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der differente | die differente | das differente | die differenten |
genitive | des differenten | der differenten | des differenten | der differenten | |
dative | dem differenten | der differenten | dem differenten | den differenten | |
accusative | den differenten | die differente | das differente | die differenten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein differenter | eine differente | ein differentes | (keine) differenten |
genitive | eines differenten | einer differenten | eines differenten | (keiner) differenten | |
dative | einem differenten | einer differenten | einem differenten | (keinen) differenten | |
accusative | einen differenten | eine differente | ein differentes | (keine) differenten |
Comparative forms of different
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist differenter | sie ist differenter | es ist differenter | sie sind differenter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | differenterer | differentere | differenteres | differentere |
genitive | differenteren | differenterer | differenteren | differenterer | |
dative | differenterem | differenterer | differenterem | differenteren | |
accusative | differenteren | differentere | differenteres | differentere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der differentere | die differentere | das differentere | die differenteren |
genitive | des differenteren | der differenteren | des differenteren | der differenteren | |
dative | dem differenteren | der differenteren | dem differenteren | den differenteren | |
accusative | den differenteren | die differentere | das differentere | die differenteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein differenterer | eine differentere | ein differenteres | (keine) differenteren |
genitive | eines differenteren | einer differenteren | eines differenteren | (keiner) differenteren | |
dative | einem differenteren | einer differenteren | einem differenteren | (keinen) differenteren | |
accusative | einen differenteren | eine differentere | ein differenteres | (keine) differenteren |
Superlative forms of different
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am differentesten | sie ist am differentesten | es ist am differentesten | sie sind am differentesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | differentester | differenteste | differentestes | differenteste |
genitive | differentesten | differentester | differentesten | differentester | |
dative | differentestem | differentester | differentestem | differentesten | |
accusative | differentesten | differenteste | differentestes | differenteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der differenteste | die differenteste | das differenteste | die differentesten |
genitive | des differentesten | der differentesten | des differentesten | der differentesten | |
dative | dem differentesten | der differentesten | dem differentesten | den differentesten | |
accusative | den differentesten | die differenteste | das differenteste | die differentesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein differentester | eine differenteste | ein differentestes | (keine) differentesten |
genitive | eines differentesten | einer differentesten | eines differentesten | (keiner) differentesten | |
dative | einem differentesten | einer differentesten | einem differentesten | (keinen) differentesten | |
accusative | einen differentesten | eine differenteste | ein differentestes | (keine) differentesten |
Latin
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