different connotation

collocation in English

meaningsofdifferentandconnotation

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different
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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connotation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑː.nəˈteɪ.ʃən/
a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word's meaning, or something suggested by an object ...
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(Definition ofdifferentandconnotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdifferent connotation

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Its use by the chiefs allocating wetland plots against an annual payment has a verydifferentconnotationfrom the past token of respect and thanks.
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At the same time, however, there is implicit in this 'made possible' another, verydifferentconnotationof 'contingent' as dependent or conditional.
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I think these words are quite different in origin and have adifferentconnotation.
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He can use any other adjective, but "special pleading" has adifferentconnotation.
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Now betting has adifferentconnotationand it is perfectly legitimate.
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In this country the word "bank" has a whollydifferentconnotationfrom that of almost any other kind of business.
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Had we been discussing this matter ten years ago the word "poaching"and the word"poacher" would have had an entirelydifferentconnotation.
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But we are becoming very well aware that the word "party" can have quite adifferentconnotationin other countries.
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Does the term "tribal areas" include excluded or partially excluded areas, or has it adifferentconnotation?
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The latter operates mainly through the courts, while the former has adifferentconnotation.
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I do not say that everybody can have equal income, but notice thedifferentconnotationand the logic towards equalisation of income.
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The words put adifferentconnotationon the point.
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Clearly it is in favour of private expenditure, but when public spending is introduced it takes on an entirelydifferentconnotation.
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Competence is a term which has adifferentconnotationin different situations.
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That has adifferentconnotation.
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With adifferentconnotation, it can also refer to samsara, or worldly, mundane life, full of suffering (as in to flow together).
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Passions in religion and philosophy have adifferentconnotationfrom the popular concept of passion which is generally seen as a positive emotion.
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For a hotel worker (an insider) or a person passing by with disinterest (a total outsider), the hotel would have a verydifferentconnotation.
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In contrast to its meaning today, the word amateur held adifferentconnotationin the discussions of that time.
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Hot standby may have a slightlydifferentconnotationof being active but not productive to hot spare, that is it is a state rather than object.
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