Different and Second class

Different

Different adjective - Being not of the same kind.

Second class is an antonym for different.

Second class

Second class noun - Not the highest quality in a classification.

Different is an antonym for second class in low topic.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Webcomic / The Boy Who Fell Our Demons Are Different: Demons come in two flavours, first class and second class.
  • Literature / I Will Fear No Evil Eunice mentions at one point her marriage is considered a "second class contract", since she's licensed for children and her husband is not, implying that if he were, their marriage would be in a different category.
  • It's Not You, It's My Enemies In Griffin's Daughter, Ashinji won't cop to his feelings for half-elf Jelena, partly because of their vastly different social standings (he's elf nobility, she's basically a second class-citizen), but mostly because he fears his sadistic brother, Sadaiyo, will hurt her just to spite him.
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