Differing and Distant

adjective

• Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.
  • usage: "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
• Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship .
  • usage: "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
  • synonyms: remote
• Remote in manner.
  • usage: "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  • synonyms: aloof, upstage
• Separate or apart in time.
  • usage: "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
  • synonyms: remote, removed
• Located far away spatially.
  • usage: "distant lands"; "remote stars"
  • synonyms: remote

• (a.) Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
• (a.) Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
• (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
• (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
• (a.) Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.