異なる

ことなる · kotonaru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to differ

🍎🍊 異 (different) + なる (become) = to turn out different, to differ

異 means different or unusual, as in 異国 (foreign country). Kotonaru comes from koto, an old word for different, plus naru, to become. Apples and oranges 異なる: they differ.

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