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different

How many syllables in different?

  3 syllables

Divide different into syllables:   dif-fer-ent
Stressed syllable in different:   dif-fer-ent
How to pronounce different:   dif-er-ent
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Define different



adjective
  1. not the same
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Synonyms for different


1 syllable
  • changed
  • strange
  • new
2 syllables
  • altered
  • distinct
  • equal
  • opposed
  • sundry
  • unlike
  • discrete
  • diverse
  • novel
  • special
  • unique
  • varied
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
7 syllables
  • out of the ordinary

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    What rhymes with different

    2 syllables
    • brilliant
    • infant
    • minute
    • shipment
    • distant
    • instant
    • pigment
    • spirit
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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