① different from表示“與……不同”,后接名詞、代詞或從句。
College is different from high school. 大學與高中不同。
This picture is slightly different from that one. 這張圖畫同那張圖畫略有不同。
He's a different man from what he was ten years ago. 他同10年前已判若兩人。
② different than表示“與……不同”,后接從句,特別是省略的從句,主要用于美式英語。
She looks different in person than(she looks)in movies. 她當面看起來與從電影上看到的形象不一樣。
We'll do something quite different for our holiday this year than(what)we did last year. 我們今年假期做的事情將大大不同于去年做的事情。