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dif·fer·ent
(dĭf′ər-ənt, dĭf′rənt)adj.
1. Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar: took different approaches to the problem.
2. Distinct or separate: That's a different issue altogether.
3. Various or assorted: interviewed different members of the community.
4. Differing from all others; unusual: a different point of view.
adv.
In a different way or manner; otherwise: "Carol ... didn't know different until Elinor told her" (Ben Brantley).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin differēns, different-, present participle of differre, to differ; see differ.]
dif′fer·ent·ly adv.
dif′fer·ent·ness n.
Usage Note: The phrases different from and different than are both common in British and American English. The British also use the construction different to. Since the 18th century, language critics have singled out different than as incorrect when used before nouns and noun phrases, though it is well attested in the works of reputable writers. Traditionally, from is used when the comparison is between two persons or things: My book is different from [not than] yours. Note that noun phrases, including ones that have clauses in them, also fall into this category: The campus is different from the way it was the last time you were here. The Usage Panel is divided on the acceptability of different than with nouns and noun phrases, with a majority finding several of these constructions unacceptable. In our 2004 survey, 57 percent rejected the use of different than with a gerund in the sentence Caring for children with disabilities in a regular child-care setting is not new and, in many cases, is not particularly different than caring for other children. Roughly the same percentage (55) disapproved of the construction with a noun phrase containing a clause in The new kid felt that the coach's treatment of him was different than that of the other players who were on the team last year. Some 60 percent rejected the sentence New York seemed very different than Rome, where they'd been on good terms. There should be no complaint, however, when the object of comparison is expressed by a full clause: The campus is different than it was twenty years ago.
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Adv. | 1. | differently - in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; |
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differently
adverb dissimilarly, otherwise, in another way, in contrary fashion He thinks differently from normal people.
dissimilarly similarly, in the same way, likewise, comparably, in like manner
dissimilarly similarly, in the same way, likewise, comparably, in like manner
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Translations
drugače
differently
[ˈdɪfrəntlɪ] ADV → de modo distintoshe wanted to do things differently → quería hacer las cosas de otro modo or de modo distinto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
differently
[ˈdɪfrəntli] adv [behave, feel, treat, react] → différemmentto think differently (= have a different opinion) → penser différemment
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differently
adv → anders (from als); (from one another) → unterschiedlich; I was never treated differently from the men → ich wurde nie anders als die Männer behandelt; we all react differently to stress → wir reagieren alle anders or unterschiedlich auf Stress; differently priced seating areas → unterschiedlich teure Sitzbereiche; differently priced books → Bücher mit unterschiedlichen Preisen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
differently
[ˈdɪfr/əntlɪ] adv → in modo diverso or differenteshe thinks quite differently now → la pensa diversamente adesso
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