different用作形容词表示不同的，与众不同的，各式各样的等含义，可用作定语和表语。用作副词时表示不同地，用作名词时表示差异，不同。
1.different强调事物存在本质上的差别,有时有对比意义,可以修饰单数和复数名词。
2.different常接介词from、to或than,在英语中常用different to,在美语中有时用different than,而different from英美都用。在口语中, different from有时可接从句。
3.用作定语 ～+ n.
He wears a different tie every day.
他每天换一条领带。
Their three children all go to different schools.
他们三个孩子分别上不同的学校。
The balls of different colours are mainly calculated for decoration.
这些不同颜色的彩球主要作装饰用。
4.用作表语
（1）S+be+～
Things are very different now.
现在的情况已今非昔比。
It's impossible to generalize about children's books, as they are all different.
儿童读物五花八门,不可能一概而论。
（2）S+be+～+from n./pron.
Your view isn't much different from mine.
你的看法同我的看法并无多大区别。
Is the weather today much different from what it was yesterday?
今天天气同昨天有什么不同?
It would be different from what happened this morning.
这和上午发生的情况有所不同。
（3）S+be+～+of n./v -ing
She is different of success.
她对成功没有自信心。
I was different of saying so.
我这样说感到不好意思。
（4）S+be+～+than n./pron.
Their house is different than ours.
他们的房子与我们的不同。
（5）S+be+～+to n./pron.
His message is very little different to theirs.
他的消息与他们的没什么不同。
Roller-skating is very different to ice-skating.
穿旱冰鞋溜冰与在冰上溜冰大不相同。
典例 ：
It's hard to see many differences between the two parties.
很难看出两党之间有多少不同。（两党之间并没有很多差异。）
What is the difference between American food and Chinese food?
中国食物与美国食物有什么不同？
There is not much difference in price. 在价格上没有太大差异
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那请问maybe的用法呢？
追答maybe 是副词，意思是 "也许、可能"，在句中作状语，相当于perhaps，常位于句首。如：
Maybe she'll come this afternoon. 她可能今天下午来。
Maybe you put the letter in your pocket. 大概你把信放在衣袋里了。
而may也有可能之意，may be中的may是情态动词，be 是动词原形，两者构成完整的谓语形式，与主语形成系表结构意为"也许是......可能是......"。如：
I can't find my watch. It may be in your bag. 我找不到我的手表了,它可能在你的包里。
He may be a soldier. 他可能是个军人。
maybe 和may be有时可以互换。
He may be in the office.（=Maybe he is in the office.）他或许在办公室。
You may be right.（=Maybe you are right.）你或许是对的。
用法如下：
1、difference与以下词性连用
adj.big/major difference大的差异
v.know the difference了解差异
notice a difference注意到差异
tell the difference分辨出差异
pay the difference支付差额
make a difference有影响
n.difference in age年龄差
difference in price价格差
difference of opinion意见分歧
例句：
Careful contrast of the two plans shows some important differences.
把两个计划仔细地加以对比就可看出一些重要的差异。
One major difference between these computers concerns the way in which they store information.
这些计算机之间的一个主要差异涉及其储存信息的方式。
There are no significant differences between the two groups of students.
这两组学生没有明显差别。
本回答被网友采纳2.词组：
all the difference (in the world) 天渊之别, 大不相同
as near as makes no difference 没有多少差别
iron out the difference(s) 消除分歧
make a great difference 有很大差别, 有很大 不同 有很大的关系[影响]
make a difference between 区别对待
make some difference to 对...有些[没有]关系
make no difference to 对...有些[没有]关系
make all the difference 关系重大, 大不相同
make all the difference in the world 关系重大, 大不相同
make a world of difference 关系重大, 大不相同
pay the difference 付差额金
meet the difference 付差额金
settle differences 调停
split the difference 妥协, 折中, 互相让步
the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee 几乎没有什么差别
What's the difference? 这有什么关系呢?
例句：
Young people must be taught to learn the difference between good and evil.
必须教导年青人学会区分善与恶。
The differences between manual labour and mental labour are diminishing in some developed countries.
在一些发达国家体力劳动和脑力劳动的差别正在缩小。
There are many differences between living in a big city and living in the country.
生活在大城市与生活在乡村有许多不同之处。
I can't see much difference in them.
我看不出他们有什么大的差别。
The difference between 8 and 2 is 6.
八和二差是六。
Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me.
下不下雨对我来说都一样。
Can you tell the difference between an ape and a monkey?
你能区分猿和猴吗? 2.
差,差距;差额[the S][(+between/in)]
The difference in temperature between the day and the night there is thirty degrees.
那里白天与黑夜的温差是三十度。 3.
争论;不和[P1]
That is the root cause of all our differences.
那是我们一切分歧的根源。