Dissent vs Different - What's the difference?
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To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from'' (or, formerly, ''to ).
* 1827 Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises 2.293:
* 1830 Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First 3.9.207:
To differ from , especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
* 1654 John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job 33.32:
* 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
* 1871 George Grote, Fragments on Ethical Subjects 2.37:
(obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
(Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
(sports)
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
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* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, , page 6
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=
, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Various, assorted, diverse.
* 2006 , Delbert S. Elliott et al., Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521863575, page 19:
Distinct, separate; (used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity).
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= Unlike most others; unusual.
As nouns the difference between dissent and different
is that dissent is disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion while different is the different ideal.As a verb dissent
is to disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).As an adjective different is
not the same; exhibiting a difference.dissent
English
Verb
(en verb)- Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent , the Court will itself exercise his authority.
- Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.
- Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent .
- Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.
- If the public dissent from our views, we say that they ought to concur with us.
- (Hooker)
Antonyms
* (disagree) agree, assent, follow, allow, acceptReferences
*Noun
(en noun)Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent , and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
Antonyms
* agreement, assent, consensus, capitulationSee also
* majority opinionAnagrams
* ----different
English
(wikipedia different)Adjective
(en adjective)- Enter the American tourist. He thinks of himself as a good guy but when he looks in the mirror to shave this good guy he has to admit that "well, other people are different from me and I don't really like them." This makes him feel guilty toward other people.
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- In any case, poor black respondents living in high-poverty neighborhoods are most likely to view their neighborhood as a single block or block group and to use this definition consistently when asked about different neighborhood characteristics and activities.
Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Usage notes
* (not the same) Depending on dialect, time period, and register, the adjective may be construed with one of the prepositions (from), (to), and (than), or with the subordinating conjunction (than).- Pleasure is different from'''/'''than'''/'''to''' happiness.''
- ''It's different '''than''' ''(or '''''from what'' )'' I expected.