Different vs. Deferent
Different and Deferent Definitions
Different
Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar
Took different approaches to the problem.
Deferent
Showing deference; deferential.
Different
Distinct or separate
That's a different issue altogether.
Deferent
(Anatomy) Carrying down or away. Used of a duct or vessel.
Different
Various or assorted
Interviewed different members of the community.
Deferent
Serving or adapted to carry or transport.
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Different
Differing from all others; unusual
A different point of view.
Deferent
Showing deference; deferential.
Different
In a different way or manner; otherwise
"Carol ... didn't know different until Elinor told her" (Ben Brantley).
Deferent
(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
Different
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Deferent
(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
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Different
Various, assorted, diverse.
Deferent
(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
Different
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
Deferent
An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Different
Unlike most others; unusual.
Deferent
Serving to carry; bearing.
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Different
(mathematics) The different ideal.
Deferent
That which carries or conveys.
Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.
Different
Differently.
Deferent
An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Different
Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Deferent
Showing deference
Different
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.
Different
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
Different
Distinctly separate from the first;
That's another (or different) issue altogether
Different
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
Different
Not like; marked by dissimilarity;
For twins they are very unlike
People are profoundly different
Different
Distinct or separate;
Each interviewed different members of the community
