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different

 
 
/ˈdɪfərənt/ adjective

Translation

NOT THE SAME not the same as someone or something else
farklı
Jo's very different from her sister, isn't she? UK The house is different to how I expected it to be.18821781
SEPARATE [always before noun] used to talk about separate things or people of the same type
başka, değişik
I had to go to three different shops to find the book she wanted.1882
differently adverb
farklı bir şekilde
→ See also a whole new ball game
(Definition of different adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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