Tra từ different - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dif·fer·ent BrE [ˈdɪfrənt] NAmE [ˈdɪfrənt] adjective
1. ~ (from/to/than sb/sth) not the same as sb/sth; not like sb/sth else
• American English is significantly different from British English.
• (BrE) It's very different to what I'm used to.
• (NAmE)He saw he was no different than anybody else.
•It's different now than it was a year ago.
•People often give very different accounts of the same event.
•My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's no different.
•The room looks different without the furniture.
•Now he spoke in a different and kinder voice.
Opp: ↑similar
2. only before noun separate and individual
• She offered us five different kinds of cake.
• The programme was about customs in different parts of the country.
•They are sold in many different colours.
•I looked it up in three different dictionaries.
3. not usually before noun (informal)unusual; not like other people or things
•‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different!’
more at put a new/different complexion on sth at ↑complexion, know different/otherwise at ↑know _v., be another/a different matter at ↑matter _n., march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum at ↑march, pull in different/opposite directions at ↑pull _v., sing a different tune at ↑sing _v., tell a different story/tale at ↑tell
Idiom: ↑different kettle of fish
Derived Word: ↑differently

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.

Thesaurus:
different [different differently] adj.
•The room looks different without the furniture.
unlike • • unequal • • contrasting • • varied • • mixed • • diverse • • assorted • |formal disparate • • dissimilar •
Opp: the same, Opp: similar
different/dissimilar from sth
different/contrasting/varied/diverse/disparate ways
different/contrasting/mixed/diverse /disparate views
look different/unlike sth/dissimilar

British/American:
different from / to / than
Different from is the most common structure in both BrE and NAmE. Different to is also used in BrE: ▪ Paul’s very different from/to his brother. ◇ ▪ This visit is very different from/to last time.
In NAmE people also say different than: ▪ Your trains are different than ours. ◇ ▪ You look different than before.
Before a clause you can also use different from (and different than in NAmE): ▪ She looked different from what I’d expected. ◇ ▪ She looked different than (what) I’d expected.

Example Bank:
•That's a whole different matter.
•The movie's different than the original book.
•The same colour can appear subtly different on different types of paper.
•The tune returns in a subtly different guise.
•Their customs are very different to ours.
•This is a far different movie from his previous one.
•This school is radically different from most others.
•a refreshingly different approach to language learning
•‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different.’
•He's a different proposition from his father— much less tolerant.
•Her methods are different, but no less effective for that.
•I don't mind lizards, but snakes are a different matter.
•It's very different to what I'm used to.
•My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's no different.
•This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.
•We come from different worlds.
•We must approach the problem from a different standpoint.