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Collocations for different - adj.

VERBS

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

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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

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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.

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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

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