In a sentence like
iPhones are different ________ Androids.
Which do you say? (And, if you would, roughly how old are you and where did you grow up?)
I use
different from most often, followed closely by
different than. I don't think I've ever used
different toChicago recommends
different from in most cases.
QuoteDifferent. The phrasing different from is generally preferable to different than ("This company is different from that one"), but sometimes the adverbial phrase differently than is all but required ("She described the scene differently than he did").
Ancient, Texas.