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Different vs. Other

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Differentadjective

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

Otheradjective

See other (determiner) below

Differentadjective

Various, assorted, diverse.

Otheradjective

second.

‘I get paid every other week.’;

Differentadjective

Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.

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

Otheradjective

Alien.

Differentadjective

Unlike most others; unusual.

Otheradjective

Different.

Differentnoun

(mathematics) The different ideal.

Otheradjective

(obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.

Differentadjective

Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

Othernoun

An other one, more often rendered as another.

‘I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.’;

Differentadjective

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.

‘Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different.’;

Othernoun

The other one; the second of two.

‘One boat is not better than the other.’;

Differentadjective

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;

‘took different approaches to the problem’; ‘came to a different conclusion’; ‘different parts of the country’; ‘on different sides of the issue’; ‘this meeting was different from the earlier one’;

Otherdeterminer

Not the one or ones previously referred to.

‘Other people would do it differently.’;

Differentadjective

distinctly separate from the first;

‘that's another (or different) issue altogether’;

Otheradverb

Apart from; in the phrase "other than".

‘Other than that, I'm fine.’;

Differentadjective

differing from all others; not ordinary;

‘advertising that strives continually to be different’; ‘this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it’;

Otheradverb

(obsolete) Otherwise.

‘It shall none other be. — Chaucer.’; ‘If you think other. — Shakespeare.’;

Differentadjective

not like; marked by dissimilarity;

‘for twins they are very unlike’; ‘people are profoundly different’;

Otherverb

(transitive) To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

Differentadjective

distinct or separate;

‘each interviewed different members of the community’;

Otherverb

(transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

Differentadjective

not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality

‘you can play this game in different ways’; ‘the car is different from anything else on the market’;

Otherconjunction

Either; - used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

‘Other of chalk, other of glass.’;

Differentadjective

novel and unusual

‘try something deliciously different’;

Otherpronoun

Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

‘Each of them made other for to win.’; ‘Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.’;

Differentadjective

distinct; separate

‘on two different occasions’;

Otherpronoun

Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.

Otherpronoun

Alternate; second; - used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.

Otherpronoun

Left, as opposed to right.

‘A distaff in her other hand she had.’; ‘Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday?No, nor t' other day.’;

Otheradverb

Otherwise.

Otheradjective

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied;

‘today isn't any other day’; ‘the construction of highways and other public works’; ‘he asked for other employment’; ‘any other person would tell the truth’; ‘his other books are still in storage’; ‘then we looked at the other house’; ‘hearing was good in his other ear’; ‘the other sex’; ‘she lived on the other side of the street from me’; ‘went in the other direction’;

Otheradjective

further or added;

‘called for additional troops’; ‘need extra help’; ‘an extra pair of shoes’; ‘I have no other shoes’; ‘there are other possibilities’;

Otheradjective

recently past;

‘the other evening’;

Otheradjective

of the distant past;

‘the early inhabitants of Europe’; ‘former generations’; ‘in other times’;

Otheradjective

very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected;

‘a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail’;

Otheradjective

used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about

‘other people found her difficult’; ‘stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support’; ‘a language unrelated to any other’;

Otheradjective

alternative of two

‘my other brother’; ‘she flung up first one arm and then the other’; ‘the other side of the street’; ‘one or other of his parents’;

Otheradjective

those remaining in a group; those not already mentioned

‘they took the other three away in an ambulance’; ‘Freddie set off and the others followed’;

Otheradjective

further; additional

‘Labour would have 49 MPs plus ten others’; ‘one other word of advice’;

Otheradjective

used euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse

‘a bit of the other’;

Otheradjective

that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself

‘she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other’;

Otherpronoun

used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about

‘other people found her difficult’; ‘a language unrelated to any other’; ‘stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support’;

Otherpronoun

further; additional

‘one other word of advice’; ‘Labour would have 49 MPs plus ten others’;

Otherpronoun

used euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse

‘a bit of the other’;

Otherpronoun

that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself

‘she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other’;

Otherpronoun

Otherpronoun

alternative of two

‘one or other of his parents’; ‘she flung up first one arm and then the other’; ‘the other side of the street’; ‘my other brother’;

Otherpronoun

those remaining in a group; those not already mentioned

‘they took the other three away in an ambulance’; ‘Freddie set off and the others followed’;

Otherverb

view or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself

‘a critique of the ways in which the elderly are othered by society’;

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