different (adj.)

  1. 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'

  2. marked by dissimilarity; for twins they are very unlike; people are profoundly different

    [ Syn: unlike , dissimilar ]

  3. distinctly separate from the first; that's another (or different) issue altogether'

  4. 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'

  5. distinct or separate; each interviewed different members of the community'

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