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Meanings of different in English

Portuguese
desigual
Catalan
desigual
Spanish
distinto

Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.

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desigual

Not the same.

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Examples for "other"
1
The other key risk especially in Europe is the sovereign debt crisis.
Reuters
2
In other words: The companies can use inventors' patents however they want.
Wired
3
Good social work needs community safety networks to keep each other safe.
The Guardian
4
However, a number of people also want second passports from other countries.
The South African
5
You know, in other words the end result, Trump said without explanation.
Radio NZ
1
Ireland Tour of Argentina:If nothing else, Ireland look refreshingly different this week.
The Irish Times
2
I was afraid to ask anybody else in case they said no.
Walking dead
3
Calling the funeral issue a 'problem that cannot be buried'... What else?
Heat Rises
4
Police said there is no reason to believe anyone else was involved.
The Guardian
5
But if no one else can stop violence, I'll help the innocent.
Analog sff, december 2009

Other than supposed.

Quality of not being the same as another thing.

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Usage of different in English
1
This situation played out countless times; different settings, different boys, different words.
Radio NZ
2
However, recent years have been different, courtesy of the euro zone crisis.
The Irish Times
3
Europe will need a different strategy to cope with Spain and Italy.
Reuters
4
State police, the Yobe government and others have all given different figures.
Reuters
5
Let me ask you the same question with a different issue, privacy.
Wired
6
They went to different churches, different schools, and used different moving companies.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
7
Therefore, race relations were again a priority issue-albeitin a different way.
Feminist dot com
8
The situation, however, is quite different in the general theory of relativity.
A briefer history of time
9
However things are different in most of modern-day Europe and North America.
BBC
10
Ma'afu said the government may have a different approach in the future.
Radio NZ
11
The company comprises different business sectors, including real estate and health services.
The South African
12
In Ireland and Britain, we increasingly perceive reality in quite different ways.
The Irish Times
13
However the situation in Britain is no different from that in Ireland.
The Irish Times
14
Some 55 million years ago, the conditions would have been very different.
The Guardian
15
A challenge of a different kind presents itself to EU countries today.
Reuters
16
Police arrested 26 major suspects in four different cities, the report said.
Reuters
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Common
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Common
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