different

«different» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Different also means separate or another: on different days. tree →

3) It can mean unusual. tree →

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

• 31 That is to say a different combination of the elements. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh ; modes of transliteration vary with different authors. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• She has 3 different colors of pens. tree →
• How many different ways can you make 10? tree →
• Each child got a different number. tree →
• There are 5 different kinds of fruit. tree →
• A frog is different from a toad. tree →
• We all have different favourite foods. tree →
• They live in different towns. tree →
• Spot five different things in the two pictures. tree →
• His games were now quite different. tree →

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.
• Families help in different ways, and none of them is wrong.
• A story told through three people often comes back a different shape; a visit can become an emigration.
• One event is often shown many times on different channels and phones; ten showings of a bombed building are still one building.
• Each streaming service costs money every month and has different shows; families choose which ones are worth paying for.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «different» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.