different

1 modifiers: any different etc
Different is a little like a comparative: unlike most adjectives, it can be modified by any and no, (a) little and not much.
I hadn’t seen her for years, but she wasn’t any different.
How’s the patient, doctor? different No different.
His ideas are little different from those of his friends.
The new school isn’t much different from the old one.
Quite different
means ‘completely different’ (see quite.3).
I thought you’d be like your sister, but you’re quite different.
Unlike comparatives, different can also be modified by very.
She’s very different from her sister.
2 prepositions: different from/to
From is generally used after different; many British people also use to. In American English, than is common.
American football is very different from/to soccer.
(AmE … different from/than soccer.)
Before a clause, different than is also possible in British English.
The job’s different than I expected.
(OR … different from/to what I expected.)
For the difference between different and other, see another and other s.5.

For more information consult a good dictionary like Langman, Oxford, Merriam Webster, or Collins.