ble, rigid, cast-iron, indomitable, tenacious, determined, resolved.
diet1, n. 1. food and drink, food, foodstuffs, vict uals, comestibles, edibles, viands; fare, rations, commons, provisions, cheer, board; nutrition, nourishment, nutriment, aliment, subsistence, sustenance.
2. regimen, dietary, regime; abstinence, fasting, fast, limitation of food consumption.
-v. 3. eat sparingly, fast, abstain.
4. feed, nourish, eat, nurture, fare.
diet2, n. 1. assembly, convocation, convention, conventicle, conclave; session, meeting, plenum.
2. council, congress, parliament, senate, house of representatives, legislature, House of Lords, House of Commons; states-general, synod, cortes, divan, soviet, duma.
differ, v. 1. contrast, vary, diverge, be dissimilar, be unlike, be different; stand out or apart, deviate from, depart from; contradict, run counter to, counter, contravene.
2. disagree, disaccord, fail to agree, be at variance; conflict, oppose, clash, think differently, stand in opposition, stand in opposite corners.
3. fall out, part company, go separate ways; have a difference, have a difference of opinions; quarrel, quibble, squabble, wrangle, altercate; bicker, spat, argue, tiff.
difference, n. 1. dissimilarity, unlikeness, dissimilitude, contrast, confliction; contrariety, opposition, antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction; inconsistency, discrepancy, inconformity, nonconformity; disparity, inequality, imparity, imbalance, incongruity; variation, divergence, deviation, departure; oppositeness, contrariness, adverseness.
2. idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, particularity, differentia, individuality; singularity, idiocrasy, mannerism, eccentricity, oddity; kink, quirk, quip.
3. discrimination, distinguishment, judgment, discernment, distinction, differentiation, discreteness.
4. disagreement, disaccord, antagonism, contention; controversy, contest, conflict; dissension, dissidence, dissent, variance; discord, division, strife.
5. dispute, debate, disputation, logomachy, quarrel, wrangle, jangle, set-to; altercation, clash, brawl, Inf. scrap; falling out, parting of ways, misunderstanding, sixes and sevens; squabble, spat, tiff, miff, bickering, row, broil; feud, breach, vendetta, faction; rupture, schism.
6. cause, issue, question, point, ground, Latin, casus belli, apple of discord, bone of contention, seed of discontent.
7. remainder, rest, residue, residuum, balance, excess, Inf. what's left.
different, adj. 1. dissimilar, unlike, disparate, contrary, contrastive, contradistinct; diverse, divergent, discrepant; incongruous, incompatible, inharmonious, inconsonant; deviant, variant, altered, changed, modified.
2. distinct, unidentical, nonidentical, (of twins) fraternal; separate, exclusive, not the same, a horse of a different color; another, other.
3. several, some, not a few; many, numerous, abundant; manifold, multifarious, assorted, motley, variegated, mixed, varied; various, sundry, divers, miscellaneous, certain.
4. unusual, peculiar, unique, singular, distinctive; out of the ordinary, extraordinary, remarkable, off the beaten track; novel, new, noteworthy, exceptional; unheard-of, something else, another story; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, unwonted.
differential, adj. 1. distinctive, distinguishing,