The difference between Apart and Different

When used as adjectives, apart means exceptional, distinct, whereas different means not the same.

Apart is also postposition with the meaning: apart from.

Apart is also adverb with the meaning: placed separately (in regard to space or time).

Different is also noun with the meaning: the different ideal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Apart and Different

  1. Apart as an adverb:

    Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

  2. Apart as an adverb:

    In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.

    Examples:

    "Consider the two propositions apart."

  3. Apart as an adverb:

    Aside; away.

  4. Apart as an adverb:

    In or into two or more parts.

    Examples:

    "to take a piece of machinery apart."

  1. Apart as an adjective:

    Exceptional, distinct.

    Examples:

    "a world apart'"

  2. Apart as an adjective:

    Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

  1. Apart as a noun:

  1. Different as an adjective:

    Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

  2. Different as an adjective:

    Various, assorted, diverse.

  3. Different as an adjective:

    Distinct, separate; .

    Examples:

    "Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time."

  4. Different as an adjective:

    Unlike most others; unusual.

  1. Different as a noun (mathematics):

    The different ideal.

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