Definition of differant
1. different [ a ] unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Examples:
"took different approaches to the problem"
"came to a different conclusion"
"different parts of the country"
"on different sides of the issue"
"this meeting was different from the earlier one"
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
`` You often hear people talk_about team_spirit and that sort of thing '' , Benington said in a conversation after the ceremonies , `` but what this team had was a_little different .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
In some of the numbers the instrumental parts have even been recorded at different times and then later combined on the master tape to produce special_effects .
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
Yet are not we of the mid twentieth century , who rightly do not believe there is any such `` thing '' as the devil , just as bad off as they - only in a different way ?
(Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)
Since arriving here , however , I have formed a far different religious picture of present-day England .
(Mr. America, 4:6...)
But contest definition - that dramatic muscular separation of every muscle group that seems as though it must have been carved by a sculptor 's chisel - is something quite different .
Synonyms different Related Terms same assorted distinct several contrary divers diverse opposite differing disparate variant diametric antithetic contrasting allo varied unlike incompatible dissimilar difference difference2. different [ a ] distinctly separate from the first
Examples:
"that's another (or different) issue altogether"
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
The truth is , though , that men react differently to different treatment .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
If so , it might be worth_while to assign a future jazz show to a different department - one with enough confidence in the musical material to cut_down on the number of performers and give them a_little room to display their talents .
(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)
Then , by squeezing her foot three times , he came_up - presto - with a different diagnosis with each squeeze .
(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)
The `` projection '' time of painting and sculpture is highly subjective , varying from person to person and even varying for a given person on different occasions .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
And if he is so scornful of the rights of states , why not advocate a different sort of constitution that he could more sincerely support ?
Synonyms another different Related Terms other3. different [ a ] differing from all others; not ordinary
Examples:
"advertising that strives continually to be different"
"this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)
Generally the first salvo of a tsunami is a rather sharp swell , not different enough from an ordinary wave to alarm casual observers .
Synonyms different Related Terms unusual4. different [ a ] not like; marked by dissimilarity
Examples:
"for twins they are very unlike"
"people are profoundly different"
(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)
This second conclusion , independently arrived at by independent study of material from two pairs of language families as different and remote from one another as these four are , cannot be ignored .
Synonyms unlike different dissimilar Related Terms like5. different [ a ] distinct or separate
Examples:
"each interviewed different members of the community"
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