別物

べつもの

Meanings

1. Noun another thing; exception; special case

Kanji

• 別 separate. Read as ベツ.
• 物 thing. Read as もの.

Example sentences

• 学識と常識は別物だ。
  Learning is one thing, and common sense another.
• 資産と人格は全く別物である。
  What we have is one thing and what we are is quite another.
• 知っていることと教えることは別物だ。
  Knowing is one thing, teaching quite another.
• 話すことと書くことは別物だ。
  To speak is one thing and to write is another.
• 彼ら自身がまったく別物だと考えている植物を、一切呼び分けない外国語があるのには時々驚かされる。
  It is sometimes surprising that there are languages that do not distinguish between plants that are considered to be completely different.

Common phrases

• 別物になる

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