different
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪ.fə.ɹənt/
ipa: /ˈdɪ.fɹənt/
Forms: form: more different
form: most different
Etymology: From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).
Senses: examples: text: — Is your grandpa any better?
— No different. Still ill.
text: 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.
ref: 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:
text: 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.
ref: 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)
text: 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.
ref: 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 6:
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
antonyms: word: undifferent
word: different
word: unique
glosses: Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
synonyms: word: assorted
word: confused
word: conglomerate
word: desultory
word: deviating
word: different
word: disaccordant
word: discordant
word: discrepant
word: disordered
word: disparate
word: dissimilar
word: divers
word: diverse
word: diversified
word: inaccordant
word: incongruous
word: inconsistent
word: inconsonant
word: indiscriminate
word: inharmonious
word: irregular
word: jumbled
word: manifold
word: many-sided
word: mingled
word: miscellaneous
word: mixed
word: mixed up
word: mosaic
word: motley
word: multifarious
word: multiform
word: multifold
word: multigenerous
word: multiplex
word: nonuniform
word: odd
word: omniform
word: omnigenous
word: omnifarious
word: polymorphous
word: protean
word: sundry
word: unmatched
word: unrelated
word: varied
word: variegated
word: variform
word: various
antonyms: undifferent
homogeneous
glosses: Various, assorted, diverse.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
text: Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
synonyms: word: detached
word: discrete
word: distinct
word: disparate
word: loose
word: separate
word: sundry
word: unattached
word: unannexed
word: unassociated
word: unconnected
antonyms: word: undifferent
word: unequal
glosses: Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
examples: text: What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.
synonyms: word: aberrant
word: abnormal
word: alien
word: anomalous
word: as queer as Dick's hatband
word: bizarre
word: curious
word: deviant
word: discrepant
word: eerie
word: eldritch
word: errant
word: exceptional
word: extraordinary
word: fey
word: forby
word: freak
word: freakish
word: freaky
word: fremd
word: funny
word: heteroclite
word: hinky
word: incongruous
word: incongruitous
word: irregular
word: kooky
word: monstrous
word: nonstandard
word: odd
word: outlandish
word: out of the ordinary
word: outré
word: peculiar
word: quaint
word: queer
word: queer as a clockwork orange
word: queer as a nine bob note
word: queer as a three dollar bill
word: queer as a coot
word: queer as Dick's hatband
word: rare
word: rum
word: rummy
word: selcouth
word: seld
word: singular
word: strange
word: trippy
word: uncanny
word: uncommon
word: unconventional
word: unearthly
word: unexpected
word: unreasonable
word: unusual
word: unwonted
word: weird
word: weirdsome
word: yampy
antonyms: word: undifferent
word: conspicuous
word: different
word: egregious
word: exceptional
word: historic
word: interesting
word: memorable
word: notable
word: noteworthy
word: outstanding
word: remarkable
word: special
word: strange
word: unique
glosses: Unlike most others; unusual.
Synonyms: word: different
word: differing
word: dissimilar
word: diverse
word: other
word: unalike
word: unlike
Hyponyms: word: opposite
Derived terms: couldn't be more different
dance to a different tune
diffability
different as chalk and cheese
different breed of cat
different drummer
differential
differentiation
different ideal
different light
differentness
different story
different strokes
different strokes for different folks
equidifferent
horse of a different color
march to a different beat
march to a different drum
march to a different drummer
march to the beat of a different drum
march to the beat of a different drummer
nondifferent
same, same, but different
same same but different
serodifferent
sing a different tune
tiger of a different stripe
Related terms: word: differ
word: difference
word: differentiate
word: indifferent
word: distinct
word: separate