Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If one thing is ~ another thing, the two things have different qualities or characteristics from each other.
This was a foreign country, so ~ San Jose...
She was ~ him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
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2.
You can use ~ to contrast two people, things, or situations, and show how they are different.
Unlike aerobics, walking entails no expensive fees for classes or clubs.
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3.
If you describe something that a particular person has done as being ~ them, you mean that you are surprised by it because it is not typical of their character or normal behaviour.
It was so ~ him to say something like that, with such intensity, that I was astonished...
‘We’ll all be arrested!’ Thomas yelled, which was most ~ him.
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