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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|different}}, from {{der|en|fro|different}}, from {{uder|en|la|differēns}}, present active participle of {{m|la|differō||I differ}}; see [[differ]].

Broadly ousted the native {{noncog|ang|ungelic}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɪfəɹ(ə)nt/|/ˈdɪfɹənt/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɪfəɹənt/|/ˈdɪfɹənt/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-different.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|dif|fer|ent}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Not the [[same]]; exhibiting a [[difference]].
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=At Elizabeth-Jane mentioning how greatly Lucetta had been jeopardized, he exhibited an agitation '''different''' in kind no less than in intensity from any she had seen in him before.|title=[[S:The Mayor of Casterbridge/Chapter 29|The Mayor of Casterbridge]]|author=w:Thomas Hardy|year=1886}}
#* '''1915''', Edward Knobel, ''[https://ia600201.us.archive.org/35/items/cu31924012300491/cu31924012300491.pdf Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest]'', page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in 1915)
#*: One interesting feature was remarked by Dr. Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated '''differently''' to that used for the latitudes.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1971|author=William S. Burroughs|title={{w|The Wild Boys (novel)|The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead}}|page=6
|passage=Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are '''different''' from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-19|author=[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/iansample Ian Sample]
|volume=189|issue=6|page=34|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/08/irregular-bedtimes-affect-childrens-brains Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains]
|passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.&nbsp; &para;&nbsp;Going to bed at a '''different''' time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
# [[various|Various]], [[assorted]], [[diverse]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Delbert S. Elliott; et al|title=Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ltx9_9NU4v0C|page=19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521863575
|passage=In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about '''different''' neighborhood characteristics and activities.}}
# [[distinct|Distinct]], [[separate]]; {{non-gloss|used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May-June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/charles-t-ambrose Charles T. Ambrose]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/alzheimerrsquos-disease-the-great-morbidity-of-the-21st-century Alzheimer’s Disease]
|volume=101|issue=3|page=200|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four '''different''' intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems&mdash;surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
#: {{ux|en|Several '''different''' scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.}}
# Unlike most others; [[unusual]].

====Usage notes====
* {{sense|not the same}} Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective {{m|en||different|not the same}} may be construed with one of the prepositions {{m|en|from}}, {{m|en|to}}, and {{m|en|than}}, or with the subordinating conjunction {{m|en|than}}. ''Pleasure is different '''from'''/'''than'''/'''to''' happiness.'' ''It's different '''than''' ''(or '''''from what''''')'' I expected.'' Of these, {{m|en||from}} is more common in formal registers than in informal ones; {{m|en||than}} is more common in the US than elsewhere; and {{m|en||to}} is more common in the UK, in Australia, and in New Zealand than in the US. Style guides often advocate {{m|en||different from}}, by analogy with {{m|en|differ|differ from}} rather than {{m|en||*differ than}} or {{m|en||*differ to}}, and [[Appendix:Glossary#proscribed|proscribe]] {{m|en||different than}} and {{m|en||different to}}.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|not the same}} {{l|en|other}}; See also [[Thesaurus:different]]
* {{sense|various}} {{l|en|sundry}}; See also [[Thesaurus:assorted]]
* {{sense|distinct}} {{l|en|apart}}, {{l|en|distinct}}; See also [[Thesaurus:separate]]
* {{sense|unlike most others}} {{l|en|aberrant}}, {{l|en|deviant}}, {{l|en|nonstandard}}; See also [[Thesaurus:strange]]

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|not the same}} {{l|en|alike}}, {{l|en|identical}}, {{l|en|same}}, {{l|en|similar}}
* {{antsense|various}} {{l|en|homogeneous}}
* {{antsense|distinct}} {{l|en|coherent}}, {{l|en|indistinct}}, {{l|en|unified}}
* {{antsense|unlike most others}} {{l|en|normal}}, {{l|en|usual}}; See also [[Thesaurus:normal]]
* {{antsense|all senses}} {{l|en|undifferent}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|diffability|differential|differentiation|differentness|equidifferent|nondifferent|serodifferent
|different as chalk and cheese
|different drummer|different story
|different ideal
|different light
|different strokes
|horse of a different color
|march to the beat of a different drum
|couldn't be more different|dance to a different tune|different breed of cat|different strokes for different folks|march to a different beat|march to a different drum|march to a different drummer|march to the beat of a different drummer|sing a different tune|tiger of a different stripe
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|differ}}
* {{l|en|difference}}
* {{l|en|differentiate}}
* {{l|en|indifferent}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gmw-jdt|dääfrent|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|not the same}}
* American Sign Language: {{t|ase|1@BackFinger-FingerAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerAcross 1@SideChesthigh-1@SideChesthigh}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|مُخْتَلِف}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|مُخْتَلِف|tr=muḵtalif}}, {{t|acw|غير|tr=ḡēr}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|مختلف|tr=maḵtalef}}, {{t|ary|مغاير|tr=mḡāyir}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարբեր}}, {{t+|hy|ուրիշ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|বেলেগ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|diferente}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|başqa}}, {{t+|az|ayrı}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|башҡа|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ba|бүтән|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ba|икенсе|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|і́ншы|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|адро́зны|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|अलग}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|disheñvel}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|друг|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|разли́чен|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|တခြား|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|diferent}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏄᏓᎴᎢ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|唔同|tr=m4 tung4}} {{t|yue|唔一樣|tr=m4 jat1 joeng6}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|無共樣|tr=mò-khiung-yong}}, {{t|hak|無共款|tr=mò-khiung-khuán}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|無仝款|tr=bô-kāng-khoán, bô-kâng-khoán}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|無仝|tr=bô-kāng, bô-kâng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|不一樣|tr=bùyīyàng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|dihaval}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|odlišný}}, {{t+|cs|jiný}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forskellig}}, {{t|da|anderledes}}, {{t|da|ulig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschillend}}, {{t+|nl|anders}}, {{t+|nl|ongelijk}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|nesama}}, {{t|eo|malsama}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|erinev}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|øðrvísi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erilainen}}, {{t+|fi|toisenlainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différent}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|diferente}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სხვა}}, {{t|ka|სხვანაირი}}, {{t|ka|განსხვავებული|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|სხვაგვარი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|verschieden}}, {{t+|de|unterschiedlich}}, {{t+|de|different}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διαφορετικός|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|διάφορος}}, {{t|grc|ἀλλοῖος}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|diferan}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻokoʻa}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שונה|m|tr=shoné}}, {{t+|he|שונה|f|tr=shoná}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अलग}}, {{t+|hi|अलहदा}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eltérő}}, {{t+|hu|különböző}}, {{t+|hu|más}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|öðruvísi}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|diferanta}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|beda}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|distincte}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|éagsúil}}, {{t|ga|difriúil}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|differente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|異なる|tr=ことなる, kotonaru}}, {{t+|ja|違う|tr=ちがう, chigau}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|다른}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|جیا}}, {{t+|ckb|جیاواز}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|cuda}}, {{t+|kmr|cihê}}, {{t+|kmr|têvel}}, {{t+|kmr|ferq}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ອື່ນ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|differens}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|atšķirīgs}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|skirtingas}}, {{t|lt|kitoks}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|verschidden}}, {{t|lb|ongläich}}, {{t|lb|ënnerschiddlech}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|различен|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|поинаков|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|друг|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|beza}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|വ്യത്യസ്ത}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|differenti}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠠᡩᠠᠯᡳ ᠠᡴᡡ}}, {{t|mnc|ᡝᠮᡠ ᠠᡴᡡ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kē}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|वेगळे}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|different}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|difféthent}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|forskjellig}}, {{t+|nb|ulik}}, {{t+|nb|annerledes}}, {{t+|nb|annleis}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|forskjellig}}, {{t|nn|ulik}}, {{t|nn|annleis}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|diferent}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|unġelīċ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|różny}}, {{t+|pl|inny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferente|m|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|diferit}}, {{t+|ro|deosebit}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|друго́й}}, {{t|ru|[[не]] [[тако́й]] [[как]]}}, {{t+|ru|отли́чный}} + [[от]], {{t+|ru|ино́й}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|eadar-dhealaichte}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|различит}}, {{t|sh|други}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|različit}}, {{t+|sh|drugi}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|odlišný}}, {{t+|sk|druhý}}, {{t|sk|iný}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|drugačen}}, {{t+|sl|drugi}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|башка}}, {{t|alt|экинчизи}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferente}}, {{t+|es|distinto}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|difrenti}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|tofauti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|olik}}, {{t+|sv|annorlunda}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|iba}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อื่น}}, {{t+|th|ต่าง}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|āläṃ}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|narakain}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ayrı}}, {{t+|tr|farklı}}, {{t+|tr|değişik}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|і́нший|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|відмі́нний|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|الگ|tr=alag|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|difarente}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khác}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwahanol}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַרשיידן|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|yi|פֿאַרשידן}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|hela’an}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|ciya|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unlike most others}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|آٰخَر}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարբեր}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|[[başqa]] [[cür]]}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|башҡа|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ро́зны|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|be|і́ншы|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ထူး|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|diferent}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|不同|tr=bùtóng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jiný}}, {{t+|cs|odlišný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|anderledes}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|anders}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|eriline}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erilainen}}, {{t+|fi|omalaatuinen}}, {{t+|fi|poikkeuksellinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|différent}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|განსხვავებული}}
* German: {{t+|de|anders}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|diferan}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שונה|m|tr=shoné}}, {{t+|he|שונה|f|tr=shoná}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eltérő}}, {{t+|hu|különböző}}, {{t+|hu|más}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|diferanta}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|differente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|特異|tr=とくい, tokui}}, {{t+|ja|変わる|alt=変わった|tr=かわった, kawatta}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ខុស|tr=kʰoh|sc=Khmr}}, {{t+|km|ប្លែក|tr=plaek|sc=Khmr}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|جیاواز}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຕ່າງ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|поинаков|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|വ്യത്യസ്ത}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|difféthent}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|annerledes}}, {{t+|nb|annleis}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|annleis}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|unġelīċ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|odmienny}}, {{t+|pl|niezwykły}}, {{t+|pl|rozmaity}}, {{t+|pl|inny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diferente}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|diferit}}, {{t+|ro|deosebit}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ра́зный}}, {{t+|ru|разли́чный}}, {{t+|ru|друго́й}}, {{t+|ru|ино́й}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|разан}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|razan}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|drugačen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|diferente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|annorlunda}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ต่าง}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|narakain}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|başka}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|рі́зний|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|і́нший|sc=Cyrl}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwahanol}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|zewbi|}}, {{t|zza|zobi|}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|malsama}}, {{t-check|eo|diferenca}}, {{t-check|eo|diversa}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|diferanta}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|beda}}, {{t+check|id|lain}}, {{t+check|id|beda|alt=berbeda}} <!-- was "[[beda|berbeda]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|differente}}, {{t+check|ia|distincte}}, {{t-check|ia|diverse}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|diverso}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|distinto}}, {{t+check|es|diferente}}
* Telugu: {{t-check|te|విభిన్నం|sc=Telu}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|farklı}}, {{t+check|tr|çeşitli}}, {{t+check|tr|değişik}}, {{t+check|tr|başka}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+check|vi|khác}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[different ideal]].

===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# [[differently|Differently]].

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|built different
|hit different
}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

{{cln|en|2-syllable words|adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers}}

==German==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|de|la|differēns}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|[dɪfəˈʁɛnt]}}
* {{hyph|de|dif|fe|rent}}
* {{audio|de|De-different.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp}}

# [[#English|different]]

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|la|differō||3|p|futr|actv|indc}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|dyfferent}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|enm|fro|different}}, from {{der|enm|la|differēns}}, present active participle of {{m|la|differō}}; equivalent to {{af|enm|differren|-ent|t1=to postpone|id1=to postpone}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈdifɛrɛnt/|/diˈfɛrɛnt/}}

===Adjective===
{{enm-adj|differente}}

# {{l|enm|different}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|enm|differently}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|different}}
* {{desc|sco|different}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= different  |part of speech= adj |id= MED11575 |accessdate=2019-07-31}}