different

Naija

Alternative forms

• different-different 0.49 65, differ

Etymology

Borrowed from English different

Pronunciation

• ˈdɪfərənt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 110
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 131
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2605
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 160

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

different: someting wey no be di same

1. We dey different from animal.  — (jw__26368, __no translation__)

2. obl:mod (frequency:31)

   How e take different from the first three?  — (jw__30718, __no translation__)

   De get different between marriage, and pregnant,  — (ENU_31_Imo-State-Politics_DG__131, There is a difference between marriage and impregnation.)

3. advmod (frequency:11)

   E, e, di feeling dey very different.  — (WAZP_06_Tommys-Life-Story_M__64, It... it... the feeling is very different.)

   But wetin President Buhari tink about di security situation dey very different.  — (bbc__23696, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• differ

Synonyms

• change

Antonyms

• same, equal

Translations

• English: Not the same (Different)