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English Dictionary: different	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
different adj 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" Antonym(s): same distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" 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" marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" Synonym(s): unlike, dissimilar, different Antonym(s): like, similar distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Different \Dif"ferent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. diff[82]rent.] 1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. [bd]Five different* churches.[b8] --Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different. --Dryden. Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible.