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adjective

Different adj.

Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches."

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." Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible.

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... distinguished themselves in this way; and I cannot omit to mention, with applause, the names of Fairchild, Knowlton, Gordon, and Miller. The first of these made himself known to the Royal Society, by some 'New Experiments relating to the different, and sometimes contrary motion of the Sap;' which were printed in the Phil. Trans. vol. xxxiii. He also assisted in making experiments, by which the sexes of plants were illustrated, and the doctrine confirmed. Mr. Fairchild died in ...

— On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, • Samuel Felton

... that the lands and possessions of the occupants should not be disturbed, but if the domain discovered or conquered is filled with a race of savages who make no use of the land, save for the purpose of hunting over it, a different solution must of necessity result. There can be no admixture of races where the one is civilized and the other barbarous. The barbarian must either lose his savagery and be assimilated, or he must recede. ...

— The Land of the Miamis • Elmore Barce

... Mission in Tongchuan, but the priest does not associate with the Protestant. How indeed can the two associate when they worship different Gods! ...

— An Australian in China - Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma • George Ernest Morrison

... and Miss Viola S. Schantz, of the United States Biological Surveys Collection, I have examined topotypes of D. o. compactus from Padre Island. This examination discloses that the kangaroo rats on Padre Island and Mustang Island are significantly different. Those from Mustang Island may be named and ...

— Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico • E. Raymond Hall

... undertaken for the purpose of exploring the abysses of the ocean, we know that life manifests itself abundantly over the bottom, and that at a depth of five and six thousand meters light is distributed by innumerable phosphorescent animals. Different nations have endeavored to rival each other in the effort to effect these important discoveries, and several scientific missions have been sent to different points of the globe by the English and American governments. The French likewise have entered with enthusiasm upon this ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various

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