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- pronunciation:
- dI
f
 r
nt
[or]
dI
frnt
- features:
- Language Note, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not the same; not alike.
The twins wore different shirts so the teacher could tell them apart.- synonyms:
- diverse, unlike
- antonyms:
- akin, alike, allied, equal, equivalent, identical, same, similar
- similar words:
- contrary
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| definition 2: |
separate; not the same.
There are two different routes you can take to the library.- synonyms:
- distinct
- antonyms:
- identical, related, same
- similar words:
- individual, single
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| related words: |
curious, distinctive, fresh, other, queer, special |
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| derivations: |
differently (adv.), differentness (n.) |
There is no firm rule to tell you when to use different from and when to use different than. Most of the time, different from comes before a noun phrase. Different than usually comes before a clause. (A clause is a sentence part with a noun and a verb.) The shoes Cinderella wore to the ball were different from her everyday ones. After midnight, she looked different than she did at the ball.
The word different
contains the following parts:
dif-
Latin
prefix
that means not, apart, reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dif-
is an assimilated form of the prefix dis-, used before roots beginning with "f", such as "fid" and "fer." See dis-.
Example words:
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
More about this word part:
Example words:
aquifer, confer, conference, conifer, defer1, differ, different, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, refer, relate, relation, relative, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
accident, accidental, adjacent, affluent, agent, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, complacent, confident, consultant, continent, current, dependent, different, disinfectant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, incessant, indignant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, president, prudent, pungent, reluctant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, vacant
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