different between different vs unconnected
different
English
Etymology
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differ?ns, present active participle of differ? (“I differ”); see differ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?f.(?)?.?nt/
- Hyphenation: dif?fer?ent, diffe?rent
Adjective
different (comparative more different, superlative most different)
- 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.
- 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)
- Various, assorted, diverse.
- 2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context,[1] Cambridge University Press, ?ISBN, page 19:
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities.
- 2006, Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context,[1] Cambridge University Press, ?ISBN, page 19:
- Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
- Unlike most others; unusual.
Usage notes
- (not the same): Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective different (“not the same”) may be construed with one of the prepositions from, to, and than, or with the subordinating conjunction than.
- Pleasure is different from/than/to happiness.
- It's different than (or from what) I expected.
Synonyms
- (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
Antonyms
- (not the same): alike, identical, same, similar
- (various): homogeneous
- (distinct): coherent, indistinct, unified
- (unlike most others): normal, usual; See also Thesaurus:normal
- (all senses): undifferent
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
different (plural differents)
- (mathematics) The different ideal.
Adverb
different (comparative more different, superlative most different)
- Differently.
Further reading
- different in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- different in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
German
Etymology
From Latin differ?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d?f????nt]
- Hyphenation: dif?fe?rent
Adjective
different (comparative differenter, superlative am differentesten)
- different
Declension
Further reading
- “different” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
different
- third-person plural future active indicative of differ?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- dyfferent
Etymology
From Old French different, from Latin differ?ns, present active participle of differ?; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) +? -ent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dif?r?nt/, /di?f?r?nt/
Adjective
different (plural and weak singular differente)
- different
Related terms
- differently
Descendants
- English: different
- Scots: different
References
- “different, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.
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unconnected
English
Etymology
un- +? connected
Adjective
unconnected (comparative more unconnected, superlative most unconnected)
- Not connected or joined.
- The light wouldn't work because the cable was unconnected.
- Confused or disconnected.
- He talked in an unconnected series of short sentences.
- Without connections of family, etc.
Translations
unconnected From the web:
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- what does connected mean
- what is unconnected lookup in informatica
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- what are unconnected creditors
- what is unconnected tissue disease
- what does unconnected
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