From Middle English different, from Old French different, from , present active participle of differō ("I differ"); see differ.

Broadly ousted the native Old English ungelic.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɪfəɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈdɪfɹənt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɪfəɹənt/, /ˈdɪfɹənt/

different

1. Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
   • 1915, Edward Knobel, 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.

   • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 6:

     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.

2. Various, assorted, diverse.
3. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.

   Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.

4. Unlike most others; unusual.

• (not the same) other; See also Thesaurus:different
• (various) sundry; See also Thesaurus:assorted
• (distinct) apart, distinct; See also Thesaurus:separate
• (unlike most others) aberrant, deviant, nonstandard; See also Thesaurus:strange

• (antonym(s) of “not the same”): alike, identical, same, similar
• (antonym(s) of “various”): homogeneous
• (antonym(s) of “distinct”): coherent, indistinct, unified
• (antonym(s) of “unlike most others”): normal, usual; See also Thesaurus:normal
• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): undifferent

• differ
• difference
• differentiate
• indifferent

• French: différent
• German: verschieden, unterschiedlich, different
• Italian: differente
• Portuguese: diferente
• Russian: друго́й
• Spanish: diferente, distinto

• French: différent
• German: anders
• Italian: differente
• Portuguese: diferente
• Russian: ра́зный
• Spanish: diferente

different (plural differents)

1. (mathematics) The different ideal.

different

1. Differently.