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DIFFERENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Differing from all others; not ordinary
Example:
this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it
Classified under:
Similar:
unusual (not usual or common or ordinary)
Derivation:
differ (be different)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Example:
this meeting was different from the earlier one
Classified under:
Similar:
variant (differing from a norm or standard)
several (distinct and individual)
opposite (altogether different in nature or quality or significance)
divers; diverse (many and different)
diverse; various (distinctly dissimilar or unlike)
distinct; distinguishable ((often followed by 'from') not alike; different in nature or quality)
disparate (fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind)
divergent (diverging from another or from a standard)
diametric; diametrical; opposite; polar (characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed)
contrasting; contrastive (strikingly different; tending to contrast)
contrary (very opposed in nature or character or purpose)
assorted; various (of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity)
antithetic; antithetical (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)
Also:
unlike (marked by dissimilarity)
incompatible (not compatible)
dissimilar (not similar)
varied (characterized by variety)
Attribute:
difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)
Antonym:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Derivation:
differ (be different)
difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Distinctly separate from the first
Example:
that's another (or different) issue altogether
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Derivation:
differ (be different)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Distinct or separate
Example:
each interviewed different members of the community
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Derivation:
differ (be different)
Context examples:
Then he turned to me and said:—Here, there is one thing which is different from all recorded; here is some dual life that is not as the common.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
They were perfectly cut and deposited in containers of varying sizes that were made of different materials (metal, leather and even wood), which were then hidden in specific parts of the cave.
(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)
He had rather hoped that his wife's views on the stranger would be disappointed; but he soon found out that he had a different story to hear.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
With that in mind, Dr. Freedman performed several different tests to assess how often apologies were included in a social rejection and how the recipients felt and responded to them.
(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Sons of the one mother though they were, they were as different as day and night.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The team found that the actions of these different immune cell types did not overlap and that blocking the activity of one did not cause the other to take over.
(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)
A study estimated that the dark spots appear every four to six years at different latitudes and disappear after about two years.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
Things look a bit different from the latitude of London, young fellah my lad.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A change resulting in something that is different from the original.
(Alteration, NCI Dictionary)
A graft transferred from a donor of one species to a recipient of the same species but different genetic makeup.
(Allograft, NCI Thesaurus)
