Different - English meaning

phrase

In disagreement

idiom

Fml different

Usage examples:

The official census count was at variance with the count we had made.

adjective

In conflict with each other; incompatible.

Usage examples:

Rivalries and clashing interests were laid aside

verb

Meet and come into violent conflict.

Usage examples:

Soccer hooligans clashed with rival fans before the match

verb

Present participle of clash

Usage examples:

Students clashed with police after demonstrations at five universities., the government and the opp…

adjective

Incompatible or at variance; contradictory.

Usage examples:

There are conflicting accounts of what occurred

verb

Be incompatible or at variance; clash.

Usage examples:

Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict

adjective

Relating to beliefs, needs, facts, etc. that are different and opposing

Usage examples:

Conflicting account/report two staff members will often give quite conflicting accounts of what was…

adjective

Mutually opposed or inconsistent.

Usage examples:

The two studies came to contradictory conclusions

noun

A contradictory proposition.

Usage examples:

He entitles this kind of opposition dialectical, and that of contradictories analytical.

adjective

If two or more facts, pieces of advice, etc. are contradictory, they are very different from each other

Usage examples:

I keep getting contradictory advice - some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put i…

adjective

Differing strikingly.

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A contrasting view

verb

Differ strikingly.

Usage examples:

His friend's success contrasted with his own failure

adjective

Very different

Usage examples:

The sudden changes at the political top have spawned two contrasting interpretations.

adjective

Individually separate and distinct.

Usage examples:

Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units

adjective

Having an independent existence or form apart from other similar things; separate

Usage examples:

This area has four discrete neighborhoods centered around a school.

adjective

Clearly separate or different in shape or form

Usage examples:

These small companies now have their own discrete identity.

adjective

Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

Usage examples:

They inhabit disparate worlds of thought

noun

Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

Usage examples:

The second class of disparates have more to do with the particular foibles of the aperture involved.

adjective

Different in every way

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German newspapers have carried reports of sightings in such disparate places as switzerland, iran, …

adjective

Not the same; different.

Usage examples:

A collection of dissimilar nations lacking overall homogeneity

adjective

Not similar; different

Usage examples:

Her diagnosis was not dissimilar (= was similar) to that of the previous doctor.

adjective

Different

Usage examples:

Not dissimilar to the new house is not dissimilar (= is similar) to our old one, except that it's s…

adjective

Recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.

Usage examples:

The patterns of spoken language are distinct from those of writing

adjective

Clearly separate and different

Usage examples:

The two languages are quite distinct from each other., the dogs are of distinct breeds., there’s a …

adjective

Clearly noticeable; that certainly exists

Usage examples:

There's a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.

adjective

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

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Divergent interpretations

adjective

Different from each other

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A divergent approach/attitude, divergent interests/opinions/views

adjective

Different or becoming different from something else

Usage examples:

Widely divergent they hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like religion., in his…

adjective

(of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting.

Usage examples:

She declined the offer because it was incompatible with her values

adjective

Not able to exist or work with another person or thing

Usage examples:

Any new video system that is incompatible with existing ones has little chance of success.

adjective

So different that both cannot happen, be correct, or be accepted at the same time

Usage examples:

The aims of the two partners were so fundamentally incompatible that an outside arbitrator was call…

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

Usage examples:

The quality of the material was often inconsistent

adjective

If a reason, idea, opinion, etc. is inconsistent, different parts of it do not agree, or it does not agree with something else

Usage examples:

Inconsistent with these findings are inconsistent with those of previous studies.

adjective

Not staying the same in behaviour or quality

Usage examples:

The teacher said that alex's schoolwork was very inconsistent., problems arise if the parents' appr…

adjective

Free from outside control; not subject to another's authority.

Usage examples:

An independent nuclear deterrent

noun

An independent person or body.

Usage examples:

One of the few independents left in the music business

adjective

Not influenced or controlled by other people but free to make your own decisions

Usage examples:

An independent thinker, congress called for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigat…

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

verb

Match (people or things) unsuitably or incorrectly.

Usage examples:

Designers throw in big furniture pieces that are deliberately mismatched with the existing ones to …

adjective

Unsuitably or incorrectly matched.

Usage examples:

A pair of mismatched cops

adjective

Not exactly the same as someone or something else

Usage examples:

Legally, a draft or non-identical copy is a separate document., it would look better if the houses …

adjective

Anxious to prevent or put an end to; disagreeing with.

Usage examples:

He was opposed to discrimination

verb

Disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.

Usage examples:

A majority of the electorate opposed ec membership

adjective

Disagreeing with something

Usage examples:

Mom’s strongly opposed to my learning to drive., i’d prefer to go in may, as opposed to (= rather t…

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

adjective

(of two or more subjects) differing from each other; not similar.

Usage examples:

They are unalike in personality

adjective

People or things that are unalike are not similar to each other

Usage examples:

The political views of the two women could hardly be more unalike., at first sight, the two cities …

adjective

Not connected or associated.

Usage examples:

The issue is being raised by thousands of unassociated individuals

adjective

Not connected with something

Usage examples:

Back pain that is unassociated with posture or movement should be investigated further., how many d…

adjective

Not joined together or to something else.

Usage examples:

The earth wire was left unconnected

adjective

Not connected; not related

Usage examples:

It's no longer possible to argue that crime is unconnected with unemployment., a series of apparent…

preposition

Different from; not similar to.

Usage examples:

A large house not unlike mr shah's

adjective

Dissimilar or different from each other.

Usage examples:

They seemed utterly unlike, despite being twins

verb

Be regarded with distaste or hostility; be unpopular.

Usage examples:

The article suggests that his character was unliked by many

adjective

Not related or linked.

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Unrelated facts

adjective

Not having a connection

Usage examples:

His answer was completely unrelated to my question.