different

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound, taste

ADVERB

▪ very

▪ far

▪

This is a far different movie from his previous one.

▪ clearly, distinctly, markedly, significantly, strikingly, substantially, vastly

▪ dramatically, drastically (esp. AmE), fundamentally, radically

▪

This school is radically different from most others.

▪ altogether, completely, entirely, quite, totally

▪ whole

▪

That's a whole different matter.

▪ rather, somewhat

▪ slightly

▪ subtly

▪

The tune returns in a subtly different guise.

▪ materially, qualitatively

▪ refreshingly

▪

a refreshingly different approach to language learning

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

Human beings are different from other animals.

▪ to (BrE)

▪

Their customs are very different to ours.

▪ than (AmE)

▪

The movie's different than the original book.

Different is used with these nouns: ↑age, ↑approach, ↑arrangement, ↑background, ↑category, ↑circumstance, ↑complexion, ↑conception, ↑context, ↑country, ↑degree, ↑dimension, ↑direction, ↑discipline, ↑ending, ↑era, ↑face, ↑facet, ↑fashion, ↑fate, ↑form, ↑frequency, ↑interpretation, ↑kind, ↑matter, ↑method, ↑occasion, ↑opinion, ↑outcome, ↑outlook, ↑part, ↑path, ↑perspective, ↑planet, ↑point of view, ↑position, ↑possibility, ↑pronunciation, ↑proportion, ↑proposition, ↑respect, ↑role, ↑route, ↑scenario, ↑slant, ↑sort, ↑sound, ↑source, ↑species, ↑spelling, ↑spin, ↑standpoint, ↑strand, ↑strategy, ↑subject, ↑tack, ↑texture, ↑turn, ↑use, ↑variety, ↑viewpoint, ↑way, ↑world