'Different' definitions:
Definition of 'different'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "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" [ant: same]
adjective
Distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether"
adjective
Differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
adjective
Marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar]
adjective
Distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
Definition of 'Different'
From: GCIDE
- Different \Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. diff['e]rent.]
- 1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. [1913 Webster]
- Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'different'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- absolute,
- abundant,
- amorphous,
- anomalistic,
- anomalous,
- another,
- assorted,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- bizarre,
- capricious,
- certain,
- changeable,
- changing,
- choppy,
- concrete,
- conflicting,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- contrastive,
- counter,
- crank,
- crankish,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- defined,
- definite,
- departing,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disjoined,
- disorderly,
- disparate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distant,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguishable,
- distinguished,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- dotty,
- eccentric,
- erose,
- erratic,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fey,
- fixed,
- flaky,
- formless,
- freakish,
- funny,
- hardly like,
- heteroclite,
- heterogeneous,
- heteromorphic,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- impulsive,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inconstant,
- individual,
- inharmonious,
- inner,
- intimate,
- irreconcilable,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- maggoty,
- manifold,
- many,
- mercurial,
- minute,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- mutable,
- new,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- noteworthy,
- novel,
- numerous,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- off,
- offbeat,
- opposite,
- original,
- other,
- otherwise,
- out,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- pluralistic,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- precise,
- private,
- queer,
- quirky,
- ragged,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- respective,
- rough,
- scarcely like,
- screwball,
- screwy,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- shapeless,
- single,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- spasmodic,
- special,
- specific,
- sporadic,
- strange,
- stray,
- straying,
- subnormal,
- sundry,
- twisted,
- unalike,
- uncommon,
- unconformable,
- unconventional,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfamiliar,
- unheard-of,
- unidentical,
- unique,
- unlike,
- unmatched,
- unnatural,
- unorthodox,
- unresembling,
- unsame,
- unsimilar,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- unusual,
- variable,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- wacky,
- wandering,
- wavering,
- weird,
- whimsical,
- widely apart,
- worlds apart
Words containing 'Different'
- Differ,
- Differed,
- Difference,
- Differently,
- Differing,
- Differingly,
- Ascensional difference,
- Tabular difference,
- To make no difference,
- beg to differ,
- difference limen,
- difference of opinion,
- difference threshold,
- iron out differences,
- potential difference,
- put differently,
- split the difference,
- hear a different drummer,
- just-noticeable difference,
- rank-difference correlation,
- rank-difference correlation coefficient