little different vs somehow different

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Little different' is used to indicate a small degree of difference, while 'somehow different' is used to convey a sense of uncertainty or vagueness about the difference. They are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes.

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little different

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a small degree of difference.

This phrase is used to describe a slight or minor difference between two things. It implies that the difference is not significant.

Examples:

The new version is a little different from the original.
Her approach to the problem was a little different from mine.

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It's a little different upstairs.
This gig's a little different.
Perhaps Canadian puberty is a little different.
See how the tiling there is just... a little different.
Rules are a little different here.
Ever since Director Kang returned, things have been a little different at the NSS.
One of them is a little different.
Loa Jin's just a little different...
This might be a little different.
He just seems a little different, is all.
Unfortunately, it... a little different for you.
You're not trying to break him because he's a little different.
So things were a little different for me growing up.
Because otherwise it sounds a little different.
That's a little different choice.
The game's a little different around here.
You look a little different than your picture.
But you've always been a little different.
He's a little different from what I thought.
My father's a little different.

Alternatives:

slightly different
somewhat different
a bit different
marginally different
moderately different

somehow different

This phrase is correct and used to convey a sense of uncertainty or vagueness about the difference.

This phrase is used when the speaker is unsure or unable to clearly define the difference between two things. It suggests a vague or ambiguous distinction.

Examples:

The two paintings look somehow different, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Their behavior seemed somehow different after the incident.

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Today's policymakers, reasoning from the 1930's, appear to believe that creating confidence is somehow different from creating good reasons to be confident.
She looks somehow different.
But Claus was somehow different.
But his music was somehow different from the way Tony remembered his father playing.
You probably think Butters seems somehow different.
And you just have to hope that it's... somehow different.
You seem somehow different, Mr. Tuns.
Are you suggesting I've returned from my trip somehow different?
The British Government promised a referendum on this Treaty, yet now it is pretending that it is somehow different.
From the very beginning, Tohno-kun was somehow different from the rest of the boys.
Indeed, British Government ministers used as a selling point when they were trying to sell the Treaty of Lisbon to our people that it was somehow different to the Constitution.
The wording of the proposal could lead to arguments that, in relation to spirit drinks, the term 'blend' is somehow different from 'blended' or 'blending', when in reality they all relate to the same process.
Somehow different ticks, different timing.
The air feels somehow different here.
They are somehow different!
There were somehow different in the past.
The code is somehow different.
Can I assume that the People's Republic of China's nuclear tests are safe, or somehow different?
Somehow everything is different from in my dreams...
And yet we imagine that the future will somehow be different.

Alternatives:

in some way different
vaguely different
in a certain manner different
to some extent different
in a way different

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