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異なる · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

Intransitive godan verb used to state that two or more things are not the same. Common in both formal and everyday contexts.

〈物もの〉と〈物もの〉が異ことなるA and B differ from each other
双ふた子ごでも性せい格かくは異ことなる。
Even twins have different personalities.
〈物もの〉とは異ことなりunlike ~, ... (contrastive)
日本にほんとは異ことなり、アメリカでは車くるまは右みぎ側がわを走はしる。
Unlike Japan, cars drive on the right side in America.
大おおきく異ことなるto differ greatly
二ふたつの意い見けんは大おおきく異ことなる。
The two opinions differ greatly.

違ちがうN5
違う is the common, everyday word for 'to be different/wrong', while 異なる is more formal and used to state a factual difference in nature or quality.
相そう違いN2
相違する is a stiff, often legal/formal verb meaning 'to differ', even more formal in tone than 異なる.
異いN2
異なる is the common verb meaning 'to differ', while 異 is the more literary noun/prefix used mainly in compounds.
によって異ことなる
異なる means simply 'to differ,' while によって異なる specifically expresses that something varies depending on a stated factor.

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異い質しつ
異なる is a neutral verb meaning 'to differ', while 異質 is a na-adjective stressing a fundamental, often incompatible difference in nature.
別べっ個こN1
異なる is a verb meaning 'to differ/be different', describing a state of unlikeness, whereas 別個 is a no-adjective that stresses two things being separate or discrete entities.
食くい違ちがうN1
異なる is a neutral, common word simply meaning 'to be different,' while 食い違う adds the nuance of conflict or failure to align.
かけ離はなれる
異なる is a neutral word for 'to differ', while かけ離れる stresses that the difference is extreme, like ideas being worlds apart.
別べつN4
異なる is a formal verb meaning 'to differ,' while 別 is a noun/adjectival word used more broadly and in everyday speech.

一いっ致ちN3
一致する means 'to match/coincide', the direct opposite of 異なる meaning 'to differ'.
似に通かようN1
異なる means 'to differ', the direct opposite of 似通う, which means 'to closely resemble'.
同おなじN5
異なる is a more formal way to say 'different', contrasting with 同じ in written or formal contexts.
似にるN4
異なる is a more formal way to say 'to differ', contrasting with 似る's meaning of 'to resemble'.

異い常じょうN3
異常 shares the kanji 異 with 異なる but means 'abnormal', not 'different', so learners should not confuse the two.

異ことなるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
異ことなるUsage1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; rarely seen in modern writing.
ことなるUsage1%

Compound of 異 (こと, 'different') + なる (to become). The こと element is an old word for 'different', also seen in 異に (ことに, 'especially').