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Word entry · 9 letters

different

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"Unlike another"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted deeffinrtStarts with DEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Not the same; unlike or distinct.

Word origin

From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.

Used in a sentence

  • — Is your grandpa any better? — No different. Still ill.
  • At Elizabeth-Jane mentioning how greatly Lucetta had been jeopardized, he exhibited an agitation different in kind no less than in intensity from any she had seen in him before.
  • 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.

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02Unlike the rest9 letters

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