Definition of DIFFERENT

different

Meanings

Plural: differents

Adjective

  • 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"
  • marked by dissimilarity
    • "people are profoundly different"

Adjective Satellite

  • distinctly separate from the first
    • "that's another (or different) issue altogether"
  • 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"
  • distinct or separate
    • "each interviewed different members of the community"

Adj

  • Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
  • Various, assorted, diverse.
  • Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
  • Unlike most others; unusual.

Noun

  • The different ideal.

Adv

  • Differently.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“I differ”); see differ.
Broadly ousted the native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).

Scrabble Score: 16

different is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 17

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