different between else vs unlike
else
English
Etymology
From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos, from *h?el- (“other”).
Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic ???????????????????? (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ????? (állos), Arcadocypriot ????? (aîlos), modern Greek ?????? (alliós, “otherwise, else”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?ls/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /?lts/
- Rhymes: -?ls
Adjective
else (not comparable)
- (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
- The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Prospero:
- Thou hast done well, fine Ariel. Follow me;
- Hark what thou else shalt do me.
Usage notes
- This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
else (not comparable)
- (follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.
- How else (=in what other way) can it be done?
- I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?
Usage notes
- (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever.
Synonyms
- otherwise
Derived terms
- or else
Translations
Conjunction
else
- For otherwise; or else.
- Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
- 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Grosset & Dunlap, page 44:
- […] and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
Translations
See also
- and
- if
- not
- or
- then
Anagrams
- EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele
Italian
Noun
else f
- plural of elsa
Anagrams
- lese
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unlike
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?la?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unl??, un?el?? (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungal?kaz; surface analysis: un- +? like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).
Adjective
unlike (comparative more unlike, superlative most unlike)
- Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance.
- Unequal.
- (archaic) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
Synonyms
- (not like): See also Thesaurus:different
Translations
Preposition
unlike
- Differently from; not in a like or similar manner.
- In contrast with; as opposed to.
- Not typical of one's character or personality.
Translations
Noun
unlike (plural unlikes)
- Something that is not like something else; something different.
- 2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science
- If the beings are many, then they must be likes and unlikes. But this is impossible, for unlikes cannot be likes, and likes cannot be unlikes.
- 2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science
Etymology 2
From Middle English unliken, unlyken, equivalent to un- +? like.
Verb
unlike (third-person singular simple present unlikes, present participle unliking, simple past and past participle unliked)
- To dislike.
- (Internet) To withdraw support for a particular thing, especially on social networking websites.
- 2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8:
- Facebook, for instance, allows you to register approval for a posted message in a very concrete way, by clicking a thumbs-up like button. Toggling off the button results in unliking your previously liked item. Note that this is different from disliking something, since unliking simply returns you to a neutral state.
- 2010 June 25, "TheKorn" (username), "Re: Pinball: RGP and/or Facebook", in rec.games.pinball, Usenet:
- My comment was more of a backhanded slap at Stern Pinball's Facebook "presence", specifically the garbage "cheap heat" posts. […] It's so inane (and now, so constant) that I wound up "unliking" stern pinball entirely.
- 2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8:
Noun
unlike (plural unlikes)
- (Internet) The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.
- 2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans (page 552)
- Getting an unlike for every 20 likes is common and not something you need to be losing sleep over.
- 2014, Ekaterina Walter, Jessica Gioglio, The Power of Visual Storytelling (page 13)
- On Facebook, users can also hide anyone in their network, including companies, from their News Feed, which is worse than an unlike, as brands cannot measure how many people still like them but have hidden their status updates […]
- 2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans (page 552)
Anagrams
- ukelin
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