Difference between Contrary and Different

What is the difference between Contrary and Different?

Contrary as an adjective is opposed in nature while Different as an adjective is not the same.

Contrary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: opposed in nature strongly dissimilar

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Contrarily

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The opposite. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.

Example sentence: Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Different

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not the same.Various, assorted, diverse.Distinct, separate; .Unlike most others; unusual.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The different ideal.

Example sentence: Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

We hope you now know whether to use Contrary or Different in your sentence.

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