DIFFERENT, DIFFERENTLY
ADJECTIVES
– ANOTHER-GATES of a different kind …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ANOTHER-GUESS different in kind …1837 Amer. dial.
– ANOTHER-KINS of a different kind …1876 Eng. dial.
– ANTRIN different …Bk1898 N. Eng. dial.
– AT ODDS † unequal, different …1548
– DIFFERENT AS A HAWK FROM A HANDSPIKE very different …1846
– DIVERSIVOLENT †* wishing for or fond of strife or differences; desiring different things …1612
– FAR OTHER widely different …1587
– LIKE AS AN APPLE TO AN OYSTER totally different …1532
– ODD † adj. not even, accordant, or conformable; uneven, unequal, discrepant, diverse, different …1390
– ODDS different …1890 Eng. dial.
– ODDSES different …1890 Eng. dial.
– OTHERGATES † of another fashion of kind; different …c1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– OTHEROUS otherwise, different …B1900 Eng. dial.
– QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different …1860 Amer. dial.
– SUNDERLY † separate, several; distinct, diverse, different …a1225
– SUNDRY † different, other …a1300
– WRIGGLY out of the ordinary; suspiciously different …1995 UK sl.
ADVERBS
1300 ► OTHERGATES in another manner or way, otherwise, differently → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1513 ► SUNDERLY diversely, differently, variously → obs.
1905 ► ODD differently → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
M17 ► ALTERITY the state of being other or different
1865 ► A COCK OF A DIFFERENT HACKLE an opponent of a different character
1867 ► A DOG OF A DIFFERENT HAIR a person or thing of a different kind → Eng. dial.
1868 ► ANOTHER PAIR OF SHOES something entirely different; quite a different state of things
1930 ► WHOLE NEW BALLGAME a radically new situation → sl., orig. US
1995 ► A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR a different issue → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1905 ► A DOG OF A DIFFERENT HAIR a person or thing of a different kind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► A DIFFERENT BREED OF DOG a person inferior or different from the rest → Amer. dial.
1929 ► ANOTHER BREED OF CAT a person inferior or different from the rest → Amer. dial.
1970 ► A DIFFERENT BREED OF CAT a person inferior or different from the rest → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1850 ► ALL BETS ARE OFF the situation is entirely different than in the beginning
VERBS
1390 ► SING ANOTHER SONG to speak or act in a very different manner
1875 ►HETEROPHEMIZE to say something different from what you mean to say
1890 ► SING A DIFFERENT TUNE to speak or act in a very different manner
1947 ► CROON ANOTHER TUNE to ‘sing another song’, to act or speak in a very different manner → Amer. sl. (Bk.)