different
Meaning
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- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Unlike most others; unusual.
Synonyms
be different
be distinct
be separate
a bird
a certain
miscelleneous
otherwise than
un like
another kind of
another one
in many ways
of all kinds
of all sorts
of many kinds
rest of
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dif‧fer‧ent
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɪfəɹ(ə)nt/
Etymology
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”); see differ. Broadly ousted the native Old English ungelic.
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