different

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/, /ˈdɪf.ɹənt/ Hyphenation: dif‧fer‧ent === Adjective === different (comparative more different, superlative most different) Not the same; exhibiting a difference. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:different Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:similar 1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest, page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in 1915) One interesting feature was remarked by Dr. Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes. Various, assorted, diverse. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:assorted Antonyms: undifferent, homogeneous Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:separate Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:equal Unlike most others; unusual. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strange Antonyms: undifferent; see also Thesaurus:normal ==== Usage notes ==== (not the same): Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective different (“not the same”) may be construed with one of the prepositions from, to, and than, or with the subordinating conjunction than. Of these, from is more common in formal registers than in informal ones; than is more common in the US; and to is more common in the UK, in Australia, and in New Zealand. Style guides often advocate different from, by analogy with differ from rather than *differ than or *differ to, and proscribe different than and different to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Jersey Dutch: dääfrent ==== Translations ==== === Noun === different (plural differents) (mathematics) The different ideal. === Adverb === different (comparative more different, superlative most different) Differently. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “different”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “different”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin differēns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [dɪfəˈʁɛnt] Hyphenation: dif‧fe‧rent === Adjective === different (strong nominative masculine singular differenter, comparative differenter, superlative am differentesten) different ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “different” in Duden online “different”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German) == Latin == === Verb === different third-person plural future active indicative of differō == Middle English == === Alternative forms === dyfferent === Etymology === From Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) +‎ -ent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdifɛrɛnt/, /diˈfɛrɛnt/ === Adjective === different (plural and weak singular differente) different ==== Related terms ==== differently ==== Descendants ==== English: different Scots: different ==== References ==== “different, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 July 2019.