What does 違う (chigau | ちがう) mean in Japanese?

The Japanese word

話が違うじゃないか。
hanashi ga chigau ja nai ka.
That's not what you said before.

私は違います。あなたです。
watashi wa chigai masu. anata desu.
No I'm not; you are!

違うよ、新しい彼じゃない。
chigau yo, atarashī kare ja nai.
No, he's not my new boyfriend.

野球はクリケットとは違うよ。
yakyū wa kuriketto to wa chigau yo.
Baseball is different from cricket.

毎日働く時間帯が違うんです。
mainichi hataraku jikan tai ga chigaun desu.
Every day I work different hours. | I work different hours every day.

両地域は宗教と文化が違っている。
ryō chīki wa shūkyō to bunka ga chigatte iru.
The two regions differ in religion and culture.

長い目で見れば違ってくると思います。
nagai me de mire ba chigatte kuru to omoi masu.
I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.

違う違う。オリジナリティがあるっていうか。
chigau chigau. orijinariti ga aru tteyū ka.
No, no. I mean to say that it has originality.

運んできてくれたランチは噂に違わず旨かった。
hakon de ki te kure ta ranchi wa uwasa ni chigawa zu umakatta.
The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as rumoured. | The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as I'd heard people say it would be.

そこらへんは、男子と女子とでは違うんだってば。
sokora hen wa, danshi to joshi to de wa chigaun datte ba.
Obviously that's different for men and women.

理性があるという点で人間は他の動物と違っている。
risei ga aru toyū ten de ningen wa ta no dōbutsu to chigatte iru.
Human beings differ from other animals in that they have reason.

目標を持っているという点で、彼女は他の人とは違う。
mokuhyō o motte iru toyū ten de, kanojo wa ta no hito to wa chigau.
She differs from the others in that she has a goal.

その後も週三回のペースで酔っ払い、そのつど違う男を連れてくる。
sonogo mo shū san kai no pēsu de yopparai, sono tsudo chigau otoko o tsure te kuru.
And after that she, at a pace of three times a week, gets drunk and at those times brings back a different man.

危険物を飲み込んだ場合、飲み込んだものによって対処法が違います。
kiken butsu o nomikon da bāi, nomikon da mono niyotte taisho hō ga chigai masu.
When you swallow a dangerous substance, what you need to do depends on what you swallowed.

僕の聞いたのとは違うな。奥さんとのよりを戻そうとしているらしいわよ。
boku no kī ta no to wa chigau na. okusan to no yori o modoso u to shi te iru rashī wa yo.
That's not what I heard. I heard he's patching everything up with his wife.

そうじゃない。性差別やら女性蔑視やら、そういうものとは関係なく、男と女は違うんだ。
sō ja nai. sei sabetsu yara josei besshi yara, sōyū mono to wa kankei naku, otoko to onna wa chigaun da.
That's not what I meant. I'm not being sexist. Men and women are just different. | That's not what I mean. Sex discrimination, female discrimination, whatever, men and women are just different.

この２つは模様が全然違うのだが、内部形態に差が見られず同一とみなされているようです。
kono futatsu wa moyō ga zenzen chigau no da ga, naibu keitai ni sa ga mi rare zu dō ichi to minasa re te iru yō desu.
These two have completely different patterning but no difference is seen in their internal morphology so it seems that they are considered the same.

「ここって・・・蝉の声が東京と違う」「あらまっ、よく気がついたこと。貴女、良い音感してるわよ」.
' koko tte . . . semi no koe ga tōkyō to chigau ' ' ara ma,, yoku kigatsui ta koto. kijo, yoi onkan shi teru wa yo '
"Here ... the sound of the cicadas is different." "Oh my, I'm impressed you noticed. You've got a good sense of pitch!".

ウェブサイトのタグラインは、その企業が何を行っていて、競合他社とどこが違うのかがわかるようなものでなくてはならない。
wēbusaito no tagu rain wa, sono kigyū ga nani o okonatte i te, kyōgō tasha to doko ga chigau no ka ga wakaru yō na mono de naku te wa nara nai.
The website's tagline has to let people know what that business does and how it differs from the competition.

	The Japanese word
	違う
	is pronounced
	chigau \| ちがう
	means
	to differ from

	Examples:
	話が違うじゃないか。 hanashi ga chigau ja nai ka. That's not what you said before.
	私は違います。あなたです。 watashi wa chigai masu. anata desu. No I'm not; you are!
	違うよ、新しい彼じゃない。 chigau yo, atarashī kare ja nai. No, he's not my new boyfriend.
	野球はクリケットとは違うよ。 yakyū wa kuriketto to wa chigau yo. Baseball is different from cricket.
	毎日働く時間帯が違うんです。 mainichi hataraku jikan tai ga chigaun desu. Every day I work different hours. \| I work different hours every day.
	両地域は宗教と文化が違っている。 ryō chīki wa shūkyō to bunka ga chigatte iru. The two regions differ in religion and culture.
	長い目で見れば違ってくると思います。 nagai me de mire ba chigatte kuru to omoi masu. I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
	違う違う。オリジナリティがあるっていうか。 chigau chigau. orijinariti ga aru tteyū ka. No, no. I mean to say that it has originality.
	運んできてくれたランチは噂に違わず旨かった。 hakon de ki te kure ta ranchi wa uwasa ni chigawa zu umakatta. The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as rumoured. \| The lunch she brought to me was as delicious as I'd heard people say it would be.
	そこらへんは、男子と女子とでは違うんだってば。 sokora hen wa, danshi to joshi to de wa chigaun datte ba. Obviously that's different for men and women.
	理性があるという点で人間は他の動物と違っている。 risei ga aru toyū ten de ningen wa ta no dōbutsu to chigatte iru. Human beings differ from other animals in that they have reason.
	目標を持っているという点で、彼女は他の人とは違う。 mokuhyō o motte iru toyū ten de, kanojo wa ta no hito to wa chigau. She differs from the others in that she has a goal.
	その後も週三回のペースで酔っ払い、そのつど違う男を連れてくる。 sonogo mo shū san kai no pēsu de yopparai, sono tsudo chigau otoko o tsure te kuru. And after that she, at a pace of three times a week, gets drunk and at those times brings back a different man.
	危険物を飲み込んだ場合、飲み込んだものによって対処法が違います。 kiken butsu o nomikon da bāi, nomikon da mono niyotte taisho hō ga chigai masu. When you swallow a dangerous substance, what you need to do depends on what you swallowed.
	僕の聞いたのとは違うな。奥さんとのよりを戻そうとしているらしいわよ。 boku no kī ta no to wa chigau na. okusan to no yori o modoso u to shi te iru rashī wa yo. That's not what I heard. I heard he's patching everything up with his wife.
	そうじゃない。性差別やら女性蔑視やら、そういうものとは関係なく、男と女は違うんだ。 sō ja nai. sei sabetsu yara josei besshi yara, sōyū mono to wa kankei naku, otoko to onna wa chigaun da. That's not what I meant. I'm not being sexist. Men and women are just different. \| That's not what I mean. Sex discrimination, female discrimination, whatever, men and women are just different.
	この２つは模様が全然違うのだが、内部形態に差が見られず同一とみなされているようです。 kono futatsu wa moyō ga zenzen chigau no da ga, naibu keitai ni sa ga mi rare zu dō ichi to minasa re te iru yō desu. These two have completely different patterning but no difference is seen in their internal morphology so it seems that they are considered the same.
	「ここって・・・蝉の声が東京と違う」「あらまっ、よく気がついたこと。貴女、良い音感してるわよ」. ' koko tte . . . semi no koe ga tōkyō to chigau ' ' ara ma,, yoku kigatsui ta koto. kijo, yoi onkan shi teru wa yo ' "Here ... the sound of the cicadas is different." "Oh my, I'm impressed you noticed. You've got a good sense of pitch!".
	ウェブサイトのタグラインは、その企業が何を行っていて、競合他社とどこが違うのかがわかるようなものでなくてはならない。 wēbusaito no tagu rain wa, sono kigyū ga nani o okonatte i te, kyōgō tasha to doko ga chigau no ka ga wakaru yō na mono de naku te wa nara nai. The website's tagline has to let people know what that business does and how it differs from the competition.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org