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adj
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: undifferent, akin, alike, comparable, conformable, corresponding, homologous, identical, same, similar, twin
adj
Various, assorted, diverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: assorted, confused, conglomerate, desultory, deviating, different, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, disordered, disparate, dissimilar, divers, diverse, diversified, inaccordant, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indiscriminate, inharmonious, irregular, jumbled, manifold, many-sided, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multifold, multigenerous, multiplex, nonuniform, odd, omniform, omnigenous, omnifarious, polymorphous, protean, sundry, unmatched, unrelated, varied, variegated, variform, various
Antonyms: undifferent, homogeneous
adj
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: detached, discrete, distinct, disparate, loose, separate, sundry, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected
Antonyms: undifferent, coordinate, equal, even, identical, level, on a par
adj
Unlike most others; unusual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, errant, exceptional, extraordinary, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, funny, heteroclite, hinky, incongruous, incongruitous, irregular, kooky, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, outlandish, out of the ordinary, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as a coot, queer as Dick's hatband, rare, rum, rummy, selcouth, seld, singular, strange, trippy, uncanny, uncommon, uncouth, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unusual, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy
Antonyms: undifferent, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional, customary, everyday, expected, garden variety, improminent, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, par for the course, par, plain, plain vanilla, quotidian, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, unstrange, usual, vulgar, wakeaday, workaday
adv
Differently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The different ideal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
marked by dissimilarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unlike, dissimilar
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: same
adjective satellite
differing from all others; not ordinary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
distinctly separate from the first
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
distinct or separate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēnsder. Old French differentbor. Middle English different English different From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.
Across languages
223 source translations are retained for this English entry.
