different
Syllables: dif·fer·entUK/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/
different adjective: not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Adjective
different (comparative more different, superlative most different)
- Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- — Is your grandpa any better?
— No different. Still ill. - 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.1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Antonyms:
- undifferent, akin, alike, comparable, conformable, corresponding, homologous, identical, same, similar
- — Is your grandpa any better?
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- My daughter told me about all the different animals she saw at the zoo.
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities.2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 19
- Synonyms:
- assorted, confused, conglomerate, desultory, deviating, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, disordered, disparate
- Antonyms:
- undifferent, homogeneous
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- 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.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013, page 200
- Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
- Synonyms:
- detached, discrete, distinct, disparate, loose, separate, sundry, unattached, unannexed, unassociated
- Antonyms:
- undifferent, coordinate, equal, even, identical, level, on a par
- Unlike most others; unusual.
- What do you think of my new hairdo? - Well, it's different.
- Synonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant
- Antonyms:
- undifferent, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent
Noun
different (plural differents)
- The different ideal.
Adverb
different (comparative more different, superlative most different)
- Differently.
- [I]f they view it in the same light as I do, they will act different to their previous intentions.1843 October 28, The Port Phillip Gazette, Victoria, page 4, column 1
- Mr Graves objected to any postponement, and as to the verdict being against the weight of evidence, he was quite sure his Honor would not act different from the Judges, who were slow to interfere with the verdict of a jury.1861 May 13, The Hobart Town Advertiser, page 1, column 4
different meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
different in Hindi
- not the same
- भिन्न bhinn, अलग alag, अलहदा alahdā, अलग-अलग alag-alag
- unlike most others
- भिन्न bhinn
different in Tamil
- வேறு
different in Marathi
- not the same
- वेगळे vegḷe
different in Urdu
- not the same
- الگ alag
More languagesFewer languages
- different in Bengali
- অন্য onno
- different in Telugu
- అన్యము anyamu, వేఱు vēṟu
- different in Malayalam
- വ്യത്യസ്ത vyatyasta
- different in Kannada
- ಬೇರೆ, ಬೇರೆಯ, ಬೇಱೆ
- different in Punjabi
- ਭਿੰਨ bhinn, ਅਲਹਿਦਾ alahidā
- different in Gujarati
- વિધર્મ vidharma, ન્યારું nyārũ, જુદું judũ
- different in Odia
- ଅନ୍ୟ anya
- different in Sanskrit
- विषम viṣama, अपर ápara, अन्तर ántara
- different in Assamese
- বেলেগ beleg
- different in Nepali
- फरक pharak
- different in Tagalog
- iba
- different in Arabic
- مُخْتَلِف muḵtalif, آٰخَر ʔāāḵar
- different in Malay
- beza
- different in Indonesian
- beda
- different in Thai
- อื่น ʉ̀ʉn, ต่าง dtàang
- different in Vietnamese
- khác
- different in Myanmar
- တခြား ta.hkra:, ထူး htu:
Examples of different in a sentence
- Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes.1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest, page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in...
- "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.2016 June 15, ABC Premium News, Sydney:
Synonyms of different
- assorted
- confused
- conglomerate
- desultory
- deviating
- disaccordant
- discordant
- discrepant
- disordered
- disparate
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- dissimilar
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- inaccordant
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- indiscriminate
- inharmonious
- irregular
- jumbled
- manifold
- many-sided
- mingled
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- mixed up
- mosaic
- motley
- multifarious
- multiform
- multifold
- multigenerous
- multiplex
- nonuniform
- odd
- omniform
- omnigenous
- omnifarious
Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of different
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more different |
| superlative | most different |
| Noun | |
| plural | differents |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more different |
| superlative | most different |
Origin of different
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.
Words formed from different
- built different
- hit different
- couldn't be more different
- dance to a different tune
- diffability
- different as chalk and cheese
- different breed of cat
- different drummer
- differential
- differentiation
- different ideal
- different light
- differently
- differentness
- different story
- different strokes
- different strokes for different folks
- equidifferent
- horse of a different color
- march to a different beat
- march to a different drum
- march to a different drummer
- march to the beat of a different drum
- march to the beat of a different drummer
- nondifferent
- on a different note
- same same but different
- same, same, but different
- serodifferent
- sing a different tune
- tiger of a different stripe
Phrases with different
Questions about different
- What does different mean?
- Different means not the same; exhibiting a difference.
- What is different in Hindi?
- Different in Hindi is भिन्न (bhinn), अलग (alag), अलहदा (alahdā). See Different meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use different in a sentence?
- Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes.
- What part of speech is different?
- Different can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce different?
- Different is pronounced /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/ (UK).
Words near different in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: different (page history and authors); different (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অন্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); అన్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); different (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਲਹਿਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); જુદું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅନ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); अन्तर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); फरक (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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