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[ adjective ] unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Examples "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" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` You often hear people talk_about team_spirit and that sort of thing '' , Benington said in a conversation after the ceremonies , `` but what this team had was a_little different . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)In some of the numbers the instrumental parts have even been recorded at different times and then later combined on the master tape to produce special_effects . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Yet are not we of the mid twentieth century , who rightly do not believe there is any such `` thing '' as the devil , just as bad off as they - only in a different way ? (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Since arriving here , however , I have formed a far different religious picture of present-day England . (Mr. America, 4:6...)But contest definition - that dramatic muscular separation of every muscle group that seems as though it must have been carved by a sculptor 's chisel - is something quite different . |
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[ adjective ] distinctly separate from the first
Synonyms Examples "that's another (or different) issue altogether" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The truth is , though , that men react differently to different treatment . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)If so , it might be worth_while to assign a future jazz show to a different department - one with enough confidence in the musical material to cut_down on the number of performers and give them a_little room to display their talents . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Then , by squeezing her foot three times , he came_up - presto - with a different diagnosis with each squeeze . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The `` projection '' time of painting and sculpture is highly subjective , varying from person to person and even varying for a given person on different occasions . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)And if he is so scornful of the rights of states , why not advocate a different sort of constitution that he could more sincerely support ? Related terms |
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[ adjective ] differing from all others; not ordinary
Examples "advertising that strives continually to be different" "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Generally the first salvo of a tsunami is a rather sharp swell , not different enough from an ordinary wave to alarm casual observers . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not like; marked by dissimilarity
Synonyms Examples "for twins they are very unlike" "people are profoundly different" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)This second conclusion , independently arrived at by independent study of material from two pairs of language families as different and remote from one another as these four are , cannot be ignored . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] distinct or separate
Examples "each interviewed different members of the community" Related terms |
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