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   different

   /ˈdɪf(ə)rənt/

   adjective

   • 1. not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality: "you can play this game in different ways" Similar dissimilarunalikeunlikenon-identicalcontrastingdivergentdisparatepoles apartincompatiblemismatchedinconsistentopposedat varianceat oddsclashingconflictingcontradictorycontraryinformal:like chalk and cheeserare:contrastiveOpposite similar
   • ▪ novel and unusual: informal "try something deliciously different" Similar unusualout of the ordinaryuncommonunfamiliarrareuniquenovelnewfreshoriginalunprecedentedunconventionalunorthodoxoff-centreatypicalout of the wayspecialsingularremarkablenoteworthyexceptionalextraordinaryoutrageousoutlandishexoticout of the commoninformal:way outoffbeatoff the wallOpposite ordinaryconventional
   • 2. distinct; separate: "on two different occasions" Similar distinctseparateindividualdiscretenon-identicalunrelatedunconnectedunassociatedindependentdisparateOpposite relatedsimilar

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre (see differ).

   Derivatives

   • 1. differentness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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     DIFFERENT translate: непохожий, отличающийся , разный ....

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     DIFFERENT translate: 不同的，不一样的，有差别的, 不同寻常的，另类的；品位差的. Learn...

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