different
//ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt//
Forms
- Comparative
- more different
- Superlative
- most different
- Comparative
- more different
- Superlative
- most different
- Plural
- differents
Definitions
1.Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- 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.
- 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.
2.Various, assorted, diverse.
- He marches to the beat of a different drummer.
- Tom and his brother have very different personalities.
3.Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
- 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.
4.Unlike most others; unusual.
- What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.
1.Differently.
- Cars "act different" on a long trip.
- "Although we all speak different and use different grammar, we have to be more tolerant of each other," he told ABC Brisbane's Katrina Davidson.
1.The different ideal.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #236
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Latin differō
Latin differēnsder.
Old French differentbor.
Middle English different
English different