I ˈdɪfrənt Somebody/Something Looked Matter Adjective Bre American

• american english is significantly different from british english.
• it's very different to what i'm used to.
• he saw he was no different than anybody else.
• it's different now than it was a year ago.

different

1. not the same as somebody/something; not like somebody/something else
• opposite similar
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• American English is significantly different from British English.
• It's very different to what I'm used to.
• He saw he was no different than anybody else.
• It's different now than it was a year ago.
• People often give very different accounts of the same event.
• My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's no different.
• The room looks different without the furniture.
• Now he spoke in a different and kinder voice.
• Paul’s very different from/to his brother.
• This visit is very different from/to last time.
• Your trains are different than ours.
• You look different than before.
• She looked different from what I’d expected.
• She looked different than (what) I’d expected.
2. separate and individual
• She offered us five different kinds of cake.
• The programme was about customs in different parts of the country.
• They are sold in many different colours.
• I looked it up in three different dictionaries.
3. unusual; not like other people or things
• ‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different!’
4. to be very different
• I know which area they live in, but whether I can find their house is a different matter.
5. a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned
6. to have information or evidence that the opposite is true
• He says he doesn't care about what the critics write, but I know different.
7. to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
• She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.
8. to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems
9. to change the way that a situation appears
10. to change your opinion about somebody/something or your attitude towards somebody/something
11. to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told

Extra Examples

• That’s a whole different matter.
• The movie’s different than the original book.
• The same colour can appear subtly different on different types of paper.
• The tune returns in a subtly different guise.
• Their customs are very different to ours.
• This is a far different movie from his previous one.
• This school is radically different from most others.
• a refreshingly different approach to language learning
• ‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different.’
• He’s a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant.
• Her methods are different, but no less effective for that.
• I don’t mind lizards, but snakes are a different matter.
• It’s very different to what I’m used to.
• My son’s terribly untidy; my daughter’s no different.
• This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.
• We come from different worlds.
• We must approach the problem from a different standpoint.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.