different
/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/
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Translation
Not the same as someone or something else.
Word origin
Comes through French from a Latin word meaning to carry apart or set apart.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- differre
Examples
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"Different" shows the sisters are not the same as each other.
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Here "different" means another way, not the one you used before.
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"Different from" tells you the two are not alike.
If two things are different, they are not the same. You can be different in size, colour, shape, or in many other ways. We often say one thing is different from another.
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