Dif"fer*ent (?), a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. différent.] 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.

&fist; Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible.

• not the same.
  
• unlike most others; unusual.
  

French
• different