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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Different \Dif"fer*ent\, a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of
     differre: cf. F. diff['e]rent.]
     1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. ``Five different
        churches.'' --Addison.
  
     2. 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. --Dryden.
  
     Note: Different is properly followed by from. Different to,
           for different from, is a common English colloquialism.
           Different than is quite inadmissible.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  different
       adj 1: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took
              different approaches to the problem"; "came to a
              different conclusion"; "different parts of the
              country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this
              meeting was different from the earlier one" [ant: {same}]
       2: distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or
          different) issue altogether" [syn: {another(a)}]
       3: differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that
          strives continually to be different"; "this new music is
          certainly different but I don't really like it"
       4: not like; marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very
          unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: {unlike},
           {dissimilar}] [ant: {like}]
       5: distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of
          the community"

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