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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Different \Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr of differre: cf F. diff['e]rent.] 1. Distinct; separate; not the same other ``Five different churches.'' --Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. Men are as different from each other as the regions in which they are born are different. --Dryden. Note: Different is properly followed by from Different to for different from is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: different adj 1: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" [ant: {same}] 2: distinctly separate from the first "that's another (or different) issue altogether" [syn: {another(a)}] 3: differing from all others not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" 4: not like marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: {unlike}, {dissimilar}] [ant: {like}] 5: distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
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