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| 1. | [ adjective ] 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" |
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| Related terms: | same assorted distinct several contrary divers diverse opposite differing disparate variant diametric antithetic contrasting allo varied unlike incompatible dissimilar difference difference | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] distinctly separate from the first | |
| Synonyms: | another | |
| Examples: | "that's another (or different) issue altogether" |
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| Related terms: | other | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] 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" |
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| Related terms: | unusual | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not like; marked by dissimilarity | |
| Synonyms: | unlike dissimilar | |
| Examples: | "for twins they are very unlike" "people are profoundly different" |
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| Related terms: | like | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] distinct or separate | |
| Examples: | "each interviewed different members of the community" |
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| Related terms: | other | |
| Similar spelling: |
differently differentia differential difference Di_Perna differing Di_Franco deferent Di_Bernardo |
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