Unlike - English meaning

adjective

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.

Usage examples:

People whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine

adjective

Exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other

Usage examples:

The idea that science is antithetical to the arts is wrong., birth and death are antithetical., in …

adjective

Very different from and in opposition to someone or something or each other

Usage examples:

In her view, elite sports are actually antithetical to healthy living., it's fascinating to wonder …

idiom

Rather than; instead of

Usage examples:

The box is made of plastic, as opposed to wood.

adjective

Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.

Usage examples:

He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal

noun

The opposite.

Usage examples:

An act applies only to the united kingdom unless the contrary is expressed

noun

A fact or opinion that is the opposite of one already stated

Usage examples:

We expected the play to be a bore, but the contrary was true., most people supported the proposal, …

verb

Differ strikingly.

Usage examples:

His friend's success contrasted with his own failure

noun

The state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

Usage examples:

The day began cold and blustery, in contrast to almost two weeks of uninterrupted sunshine

verb

Past simple and past participle of contrast

Usage examples:

If you contrast some of her early writing with her later work, you can see just how much she improv…

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

Showing the differences between things

Usage examples:

A contrastive analysis of english and spanish

adjective

Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.

Usage examples:

You can play this game in different ways

adjective

Not the same

Usage examples:

Monet and other impressionists painted the same scene at different times of day to discover how the…

adjective

Used when you think someone or something is unusual or shows bad judgment

Usage examples:

What do i think of your purple shoes? well, they're certainly different.

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

Usage examples:

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

Clear enough to be recognized or identified as different; discernible.

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Distinguishable features

adjective

Different or separate from other things or people in a way that is easy to notice or understand

Usage examples:

There are at least 20 distinguishable dialects of the language just on the south island., his days …

adjective

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

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Divergent interpretations

adjective

Different from each other

Usage examples:

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

Showing a great deal of variety; very different.

Usage examples:

Subjects as diverse as architecture, language teaching, and the physical sciences

adjective

Varied or different

Usage examples:

Lowell, massachusetts, is noted for its diverse ethnic communities, among them french-canadians, en…

adjective

Including many different types of people or things

Usage examples:

Students from countries as diverse as colombia and lithuania use cambridge textbooks., culturally d…

idiom

Not at all

Usage examples:

We were far from disappointed when they told us they couldn't come to visit.

phrase

Tending to the opposite of what is expected.

Usage examples:

Conditions were far from satisfactory

adjective

Diverse in character or content.

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A large and heterogeneous collection

adjective

Consisting of different parts or types

Usage examples:

With many ethnic groups represented, the student body is very heterogeneous.

adjective

Consisting of parts or things that are very different from each other

Usage examples:

Switzerland is a heterogeneous confederation of 26 self-governing cantons.

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 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 …

adverb

Used with an auxiliary verb or ‘be’ to form the negative.

Usage examples:

He would not say

noun

A boolean operator with only one variable that has the value one when the variable is zero and vice versa.

adjective

(of paper) not hot-pressed, and having a slightly textured surface.

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 …