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# different

«different» in Mova's school dictionary: **not the same** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (different)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Different means not the same. A cat and a dog are different animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#m1)

2) Different also means separate or another: on different days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#m2)

3) It can mean unusual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: kinds, colours or ways that are not the same; counting combinations or how many kinds; «different from» in comparing; science: different kinds of animals, sorting by features; everyday life: people are different and that is fine; phrases: «different from», «different to» (British), «different than» (American)

### examples

- She has 3 different colors of pens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x1)
- How many different ways can you make 10? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x2)
- Each child got a different number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x3)
- There are 5 different kinds of fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x4)
- A frog is different from a toad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x5)
- We all have different favourite foods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x6)
- They live in different towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x7)
- Spot five different things in the two pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x8)
- His games were now quite different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/#x9)

### note

Often asks to count kinds or choices; «the difference» is subtraction but «different» is not. Trap: counting different kinds does not count repeats. «Different from» is safe in every country.

### In the corpora

- [Different families believe different things about what happens after death, and nobody knows for certain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/7/)
- [Families help in different ways, and none of them is wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/8/)
- [A story told through three people often comes back a different shape; a visit can become an emigration.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/10/)
- [One event is often shown many times on different channels and phones; ten showings of a bombed building are still one building.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/10/)
- [Each streaming service costs money every month and has different shows; families choose which ones are worth paying for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «different» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/different/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.