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Mortal Lock - Poker (gambling) and different (oh)


Mortal Lock - Poker (gambling)


The nuts (The best possible hand of a given class.); usually preceded by a.

different (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: differer; DIFFER]
not like something or someone else, or not like before
-opposite similar similar different from
::Our sons are very different from each Other.
different to
::Her jacket's different to mine.
different than
AmE
::He seemed different than he did in New York.
::The place looks completely different now.
::They decided to try a radically different approach.
:: We found women had significantly different political views from men.
::a slightly different way of doing things
:: What actually happened was subtly different from the PR people's version.
::The show is refreshingly different from most exhibitions of modern Art.
:: The publishing business is no different from any Other business in this respect.
::It's a different world here in London.
[only before noun] used to talk about two or more separate things of the same basic kind
-synonym various various
::Different people reacted in different ways .
different types/kinds etc
::There are many different types of fabric.
::I looked in lots of different books but couldn't find anything about it.
[only before noun] another
::I think she's moved to a different job now.
spoken unusual, often in a way that you do not like
::'What did you think of the Film?' 'Well, it was certainly different.'
-- differently adv
::I didn't expect to be treated any differently from anyone else.
::Things could have turned out quite differently.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
very/quite different
completely/totally/entirely different
radically different (=very different)
significantly/markedly different (=different in a very noticeable way)
slightly different
subtly different (=different in a way that is not easy to notice)
refreshingly different (=different in a good way)
no different (from/to something)
a different world (=a very different situation or environment)
HINT sense 1
In spoken British English, different from and different to are both common, but teachers prefer different from . Different than is also used in American English and occasionally in British English. Do not say different of .