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  • 41different — [14] English acquired different via Old French different from different , the present participial stem of Latin differre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). Latin differre had two… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42different — adjective 1) people with different lifestyles Syn: dissimilar, unalike, unlike, contrasting, contrastive, divergent, differing, varying, disparate; poles apart, incompatible, mismatched, conflicting, clashing Ant …

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  • 43different — adjective 1) people with different lifestyles Syn: dissimilar, unlike, contrasting, differing, varying, disparate, poles apart, incompatible, mismatched; informal like chalk and cheese 2) suddenly everything in her life was different Syn …

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  • 44different — [14] English acquired different via Old French different from different , the present participial stem of Latin differre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). Latin differre had two… …

    Word origins

  • 45DIFFÉRENT — ENTE. adj. Dissemblable, qui n est point de même. Ce sont deux hommes bien différents. Ils sont différents d humeur, de langage. Ils sont différents d opinion, de sentiment. Opinions différentes. Moeurs différentes. Ce sont choses bien… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 46different — 1. adjective /ˈdɪf.ə(ɹ).ənt,ˈdɪf.ɹənt/ a) Not the same. Mona is different from Eloise. b) Various, assorted, diverse. In any case, poor black respondents living in high poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single… …

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  • 47different to — See different from, different than, different to …

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  • 48different —    Often used unnecessarily, sometimes by the most careful writers: This manifested itself in countless different ways (Daniel J. Boorstin, Cleopatras Nose); Just in this one small area can be found more than 250 different types of plants (New… …

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  • 49différent — adj. difèran (Saxel) / in (Chambéry, Villards Thônes) / difrê / in (Albanais), TA, E ; pâ différent lè / la / lô / lé différent mémo, a, e (001). Fra. Ils sont très différents l un de l autre : é son vrémê pâ lô mémo <ils ne sont vraiment pas… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 50different — See: SING A DIFFERENT TUNE or WHISTLE A DIFFERENT TUNE …

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