Same vs. Different — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Same and Different
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Same
Being the very one; identical
The same boat we rented before.
Different
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
Same
Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree
The ceremony went off with the same elegance that it has had every year.
Different
Distinct; separate
On two different occasions
Same
Conforming in every detail
According to the same rules as before.
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Different
Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar
Took different approaches to the problem.
Same
Being the one previously mentioned or indicated; aforesaid
"There was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon.
And the same man was just and devout" (King James Bible).
Different
Distinct or separate
That's a different issue altogether.
Same
In the same way
The words sale and sail are pronounced the same.
Different
Various or assorted
Interviewed different members of the community.
Same
Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
Different
Differing from all others; unusual
A different point of view.
Same
Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
Different
In a different way or manner; otherwise
"Carol ... didn't know different until Elinor told her" (Ben Brantley).
Same
Similar, alike.
You have the same hair I do!
Different
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Same
Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
We were all going in the same direction.
Different
Various, assorted, diverse.
Same
A reply of confirmation of identity.
Different
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
Same
(used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, equally.
A mother loves all her children the same.
My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.
Different
Unlike most others; unusual.
Same
Together.
Different
(mathematics) The different ideal.
Same
The identical thing, ditto.
The same can be said of him.
It's the same everywhere.
Different
Differently.
Same
Something similar, something of the identical type.
She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.
You two are just the same.
Different
Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Same
It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
The question is his credibility or lack of same.
Different
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.
Same
It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
Different
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
Same
(Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Different
Distinctly separate from the first;
That's another (or different) issue altogether
Same
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Different
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
Same
Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
The ethereal vigor is in all the same.
Different
Not like; marked by dissimilarity;
For twins they are very unlike
People are profoundly different
Same
Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
What ye know, the same do I know.
Do but think how well the same he spends,Who spends his blood his country to relieve.
Bees like the same odors as we do.
[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend.
Different
Distinct or separate;
Each interviewed different members of the community
Same
Same in identity;
The same man I saw yesterday
Never wore the same dress twice
This road is the same one we were on yesterday
On the same side of the street
Same
Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree;
Curtains the same color as the walls
Two girls of the same age
Mother and son have the same blue eyes
Animals of the same species
The same rules as before
Two boxes having the same dimensions
The same day next year
Same
Equal in amount or value;
Like amounts
Equivalent amounts
The same amount
Gave one six blows and the other a like number
An equal number
The same number
Same
Unchanged in character or nature;
The village stayed the same
His attitude is the same as ever
Same
In the same manner;
You get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!
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