different between another vs various

English

Alternative forms

• anoda (Jamaican English)
• anotha, anotha' (AAVE- eye dialect)
• nother (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English another, equivalent to an +? other.

Pronunciation

• (UK, unstressed) IPA^(key): /??n?ð.?(?)/
• (UK, stressed) IPA^(key): /æ?n?ð.?(?)/
• (US, unstressed) IPA^(key): /??n?ð.?/
• (US, stressed) IPA^(key): /æ?n?ð.?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
• Hyphenation: an?oth?er

Determiner

another

1. One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
2. Not the same; different.
3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.

Usage notes

• As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others, or possessive plural other). It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another went another. It is also used with one in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others.
  • John Milton

• Another is usually used with a singular noun, but constructions such as "another five days", "another twenty miles", "another few people", "another fifty dollars" are valid too.
• Sometimes, the word whole is inserted into another by the common process of tmesis, giving: "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism that some recommend avoiding in formal writing. The prescribed alternatives are "a whole other" or "another whole".
• There may be ambiguity: "another" may or may not imply "replacement", e.g. "I need another chair." may mean "My chair needs to be replaced." or "I need an additional chair [and I need to keep my existing chair]."

Derived terms

Related terms

• other

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: anedda

Translations

Pronoun

another

1. An additional one of the same kind.

2. One that is different from the current one.

3. One of a group of things of the same kind.

References

• another in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• on Earth, on earth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• anoþer, a noþer

Etymology

From an other, appearing as a single word starting from the 13th or 14th century.

Pronoun

another

1. another

Descendants

• English: another
  • Jamaican Creole: anedda
• Yola: anoor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??.?i.?s/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?v???.i.?s/, (in some speakers) /?væ?.i.?s/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?v??.i.?s/
• , (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Determiner

various

1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

   Various books have been taken.

   There are various ways to fix the problem.

   You have broken various of the rules.

Adjective

various (not comparable)

1. Having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

   a various reading of a Biblical text

Synonyms

• diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

• monotonous

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• various in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• various in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Saviour, saviour