fromEnglish Grammar Today
The adjectivedifferentmeans ‘not the same’. When we compare two or more items, it is usually followed byfrom. We also usedifferent to, especially in speaking:
Adam is sodifferent from/tohis brother.
This house is verydifferent from/toyour last one.
In American Englishit is also common to saydifferent than:
This tea tastes verydifferent thanthe one I usually drink.(or …verydifferent from/tothe one I usually drink)
In British English, people often saydifferent thanbefore a clause, but many speakers consider this to be incorrect:
His accent isdifferentnowthanbefore he went to Australia.(or …differentnowfrombefore he went to Australia.)