Why do people say “so different” but do not say “so same”?<\/p>\n
A popular definition of the word “different” as an adjective is dissimilar, differing, or not alike in quality or character<\/em>.<\/p>\n A popular definition of the word “same” as an adjective is being identical though perhaps having different aspects or names<\/em>.<\/p>\n I often hear sentences such as “Jane is so different than her twin Mary that you will never find them in the same shop.”<\/p>\n But I never hear sentences such as “Jane is so same as her twin Mary that you will always find them in the same shop on Saturday morning.”<\/p>\n This puzzles me, and I have yet to find a good explanation of why it is common to hear “so different” but it is rare — if not impossible — to hear “so same”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why do people say “so different” but do not say “so same”? A popular definition of the word “different” as an adjective is dissimilar, differing, or not alike in quality or character. A popular definition of the word “same” as an adjective is being identical though perhaps having different aspects or names. I often hear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives"],"yoast_head":"\n