## Meanings
1. Not the same as another or as before.
2. Separate or distinct; not the same one.
3. Unusual or unlike most others, in an interesting way.

## Examples
- They took different approaches to the problem.
- Each student interviewed a different member of the community.
- What do you think of my new haircut? Well, it's certainly different.

## Synonyms
- differing
- dissimilar
- diverse
- other
- unalike
- unlike

## Antonyms
- identical
- similar

## Derived Forms
- diffability
- differential
- differentiation
- differently
- differentness
- equidifferent
- nondifferent
- serodifferent

## Related Forms
- differ
- difference
- differentiate
- distinct
- indifferent
- separate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰer-
- Root: different

## Etymology
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike).

## AI Etymology
different comes from Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Supplanted native Old English ungelic (whence modern English unalike). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, Middle English different, Old French different. Current senses include Not the same as another or as before and Separate or distinct; not the same one. English relatives and later formations include diffability, differential, differentiation, differ, difference.

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