not the same

Distinct from another

Different or distinct from something else; lacking identity or equivalence.

The phrase emphasizes contrast or comparison: This is not the same car we looked at yesterday, The experience is not the same without you.

Often implies that a change has occurred or that two things shouldn't be confused: Being polite is not the same as being friendly.

Related

worlds apart · unlike · night and day · varied · diverse · apples and oranges · changed · altered · mismatched · chalk and cheese · unequal · divergent · contrasting · dissimilar · a far cry · opposite · foreign · strange

Opposites
identity and sameness

not the samethe same

Identical to another

identical · same · one and the same · matching · equivalent

consistency/change

not the sameunchanged

Not modified at all

constant · consistent · unaltered · static · stable

Family

not, same, sameness, knot, nought, nothing, neither, never, none

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G