別物|べつものbetsumono[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounanother thing; exception; special case
   学識がくしきと常識じょうしきは別物べつものだ。↗

   Learning is one thing, and common sense another.

• Antonym同一物WrittenAntonym: one and the same thing, the opposite of the completely different 「別物」; seen mostly in legal and technical texts.
• Antonym同物WrittenAntonym meaning the same thing; a written, less common word standing opposite 「別物」.

Use 「別物」 for things that differ in nature or are a different matter altogether, as in 「趣味と仕事は別物」; when the thing is the same, say 「同一物」.

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1. 別べつのもの。異ことなるもの。同おなじではないもの。
2. 特別とくべつなもの。例外れいがい。