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different
adj
- 1. Not the same; unlike.
- Thesaurus: unlike, distinct, separate, divergent, variant, dissonant, incongruous, deviating, varying, diverse; Antonym: same, similar, uniform.
- Form: different from something or someone (usually)
- Form: different to something or someone
3. colloq
- Unusual.
- Thesaurus: unusual, original, rare, unique, singular, individual, peculiar, distinctive, bizarre, eccentric, strange, queer, weird, alien, startling, extraordinary; Antonym: conventional, normal, common.
adverb
Info:
- ○ In current British English, different is followed more or less equally by ‘from' or ‘to'&wbox; &wbox; &wbox; &wbox;
- ○ Note that the verb differ is never followed by ‘to'.
- ○ In American English, but much less in British English, different is commonly followed by ‘than', especially when a clause follows&wbox; AmE &wbox; BrE
