different

dif|fe|rent

W1S1 [ˈdıfərənt] adj

[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: différer; DIFFER]

1.) not like something or someone else, or not like before

≠ ↑similar different from

▪ Our sons are very different from each other.

different to

▪ Her jacket's different to mine.

different than AmE

▪ He seemed different than he did in New York.

▪ The place looks completely different now.

▪ They decided to try a radically different approach.

▪ We found women had significantly different political views from men.

▪ a slightly different way of doing things

▪ What actually happened was subtly different from the PR people's version.

▪ The show is refreshingly different from most exhibitions of modern art.

▪ The publishing business is no different from any other business in this respect.

▪ It's a different world here in London.

2.) [only before noun]

used to talk about two or more separate things of the same basic kind

= ↑various

▪ Different people reacted in different ways .

different types/kinds etc

▪ There are many different types of fabric.

▪ I looked in lots of different books but couldn't find anything about it.

3.) [only before noun]

another

▪ I think she's moved to a different job now.

4.) spoken unusual, often in a way that you do not like

▪ 'What did you think of the film?' 'Well, it was certainly different.'

>differently adv

▪ I didn't expect to be treated any differently from anyone else.

▪ Things could have turned out quite differently.

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

very/quite different

completely/totally/entirely different

radically different (=very different)

significantly/markedly different (=different in a very noticeable way)

slightly different

subtly different (=different in a way that is not easy to notice)

refreshingly different (=different in a good way)

no different (from/to something)

a different world (=a very different situation or environment)

HINT sense 1

In spoken British English, different from and different to are both common, but teachers prefer different from . Different than is also used in American English and occasionally in British English. Do not say different of .

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