put differently
- idiom
:
dicho de otra manera
- Many people lost their jobs during the crisis; put differently, unemployment soared.
Examples
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We need to act now; put differently, time is running out.
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Put differently, what you are suggesting is not feasible within our current budget.
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Put differently, the new plan will cost less but take longer to implement.
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She loves to read; put differently, she is an avid reader.
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Put differently, the new plan will cost less but take longer to implement.
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Put differently, what you are suggesting is not feasible within our current budget.
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Put differently, she is an avid reader.
Synonyms
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2.7
To say something in a clearer way
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4.1
To say the same thing using different words to make it clearer
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3.7
To say something again in different words to make it clearer
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3.4
Change the words of a sentence to say the same thing more clearly
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4.4
Say the same thing in a different way
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to express the same idea in a different way' is directly derivable from combining 'put' (express) with 'differently' (in another way); the phrase is therefore compositional and follows normal English patterns for paraphrase markers. This discourse-marker use is cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand it.
Etymology
Put differently gives a simple image: you put the same idea into other words so people can see it 'in a different way'. That's why it means 'to express the same idea in a different way'.