What is the difference and different between difference and different? How can you say something is different but there is not any difference between them? How can you say there is difference, but those things are not different? Pls give both difference and different in points.
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Different" means not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.
"you can play this game in different ways"
You can use different words to describe it like dissimilar, unalike, unlike, non-identical, contrasting, divergent, disparate, poles apart; incompatible, mismatched, inconsistent, opposed, at variance, at odds, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary; informal like chalk and cheese; rare contrastive
"the plots of the two books are very different"
It could also mean distinct; separate.
"on two different occasions"
You may use individual, discrete, non-identical, unrelated, unconnected, unassociated, independent, disparate.
"Gareth had tried fifteen different occupations"
The Difference is a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar.
"the differences between men and women"
other words to describe it are dissimilarity, contrast, distinction, distinctness, differentiation variance, variation, variability, divergence, deviation, polarity, gulf, breach, gap, split, disparity, imbalance, unevenness, incongruity, contradiction, contradistinction, nonconformity; rareunlikeness, contrariety, dissimilitude
"there is no difference between the two accounts"
The state or condition of being dissimilar.
"their difference from one another"
a quantity of which amounts differ; the remainder left after subtraction of one value from another.
"the insurance company will pay the difference"
Other similar words could be balance, outstanding amount, remaining amount, remainder, rest, residue, excess, extra; technical residuum
"you pay a reduced amount and the bank makes up the difference"
In heraldry an alteration in a coat of arms to distinguish members or branches of a family.
It´s also a disagreement, quarrel, or dispute.
"the couple are patching up their differences
which could be done by disagreement, difference of opinion, misunderstanding, dispute, disputation, argument, debate, quarrel, wrangle, altercation, contretemps, clash, controversy, dissension, set-to, run-in, spat, ruction; informal row, barney, a bit of argy-bargy.
"the couple are patching up their differences"
Step-by-step explanation:
different is an adjective and can be used in sentences like : We are both different in terms of our mentality. difference is a noun and can be used in sentences like : The only difference between us is our mentality