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For "than," it would be better in a sentence comparing something.Select apples that are different from the others.
Apples are better than oranges.
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Very good example. The website below gives a detailed answer to this question. Here is the short summary of the piece:Caribqueen16 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 18:02 Please note that they are both acceptable depending on the context in which they are used. "This yellow dress is much different from that blue dress". "The yellow dress has a different collar than I thought".
"...a big distinction between the two expressions is this: different from typically requires a noun or noun form to complete the expression, while different than may be followed by a clause."
https://www.grammar.com/different-from- ... erent-than
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