Different vs. Bent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Different and Bent
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Definitions
Different
Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality
You can play this game in different ways
The car is different from anything else on the market
Bent
Past tense and past participle of bend1.
Different
Distinct; separate
On two different occasions
Bent
Altered from an originally straight or even condition
Picked up pieces of bent wire.
Different
Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar
Took different approaches to the problem.
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Bent
Determined to take a course of action
I was bent on going to the concert.
Different
Distinct or separate
That's a different issue altogether.
Bent
Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.
Different
Various or assorted
Interviewed different members of the community.
Bent
A tendency, disposition, or inclination
"The natural bent of my mind was to science" (Thomas Paine).
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Different
Differing from all others; unusual
A different point of view.
Bent
A transverse structural member or framework that is used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
Different
In a different way or manner; otherwise
"Carol ... didn't know different until Elinor told her" (Ben Brantley).
Bent
Bentgrass.
Different
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Bent
The stiff stalk of various grasses.
Different
Various, assorted, diverse.
Bent
An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.
Different
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
Bent
Simple past tense and past participle of bend
Different
Unlike most others; unusual.
Bent
(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
Different
(mathematics) The different ideal.
Bent
Corrupt, dishonest.
Different
Differently.
Bent
Homosexual.
Different
Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Bent
Determined or insistent.
He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
They were bent on mischief.
Different
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different.
Bent
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
Different
Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;
Took different approaches to the problem
Came to a different conclusion
Different parts of the country
On different sides of the issue
This meeting was different from the earlier one
Bent
Inaccurately aimed.
That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
Different
Distinctly separate from the first;
That's another (or different) issue altogether
Bent
Suffering from the bends.
Different
Differing from all others; not ordinary;
Advertising that strives continually to be different
This new music is certainly different but I don't really like it
Bent
(slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
Man, I am so bent right now!
Different
Not like; marked by dissimilarity;
For twins they are very unlike
People are profoundly different
Bent
An inclination or talent.
He had a natural bent for painting.
Different
Distinct or separate;
Each interviewed different members of the community
Bent
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
His mind was of a technical bent.
Bent
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
The bent of a bow
Bent
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bent
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bent
(carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
Bent
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Bent
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Bent
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bent
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
Bent
A grassy area, grassland.
Bent
The old dried stalks of grasses.
Bent
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Bent
Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; - said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Bent
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Bent
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bent
A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
With a native bent did good pursue.
Bent
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bents and turns of the matter.
Bent
A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Bent
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
The full bent and stress of the soul.
Bent
A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
Bent
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Bent
Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
Bent
A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
The set of his mind was obvious
Bent
Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
Bent
A special way of doing something;
He had a bent for it
He had a special knack for getting into trouble
He couldn't get the hang of it
Bent
Altered from an originally straight condition;
A bent wire
Bent
Fixed in your purpose;
Bent on going to the theater
Dead set against intervening
Out to win every event
Bent
Used of the back and knees; stooped;
On bended knee
With bent (or bended) back
Bent
Used especially of the head or upper back;
A bent head and sloping shoulders
Bent
Of metal e.g.;
Bent nails
A car with a crumpled front end
Dented fenders
