Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The quality of being different or distinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result or product of being different or distinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: distinctness, separateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: difference
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h2énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English otherness From other + -ness.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
