Különbözött

Különbözött is the past tense form of the Hungarian verb különbözik, which means to differ or to be different. It indicates that two or more things had differences in some aspect, characteristic, or relation at a past time. The form is used in narrative or descriptive contexts to report how entities diverged from one another.

Usage notes: The verb különbözik is intransitive and commonly appears with expressions such as különbözik vmiben (differ in something) or különbözik egymástól (differ from each other). The past tense form,különbözött, is used when describing a past divergence between subjects, for example in reports, observations, or storytelling.

Examples:

- A két verzió különbözött egymástól. (The two versions differed from each other.)

- A megfigyelések szerint a reakcióidő különbözött a várttól. (According to the observations, the reaction time differed from the expected.)

Relationship to related terms: The verb is closely related to noun forms such as különbözet (difference) and to other verbs in the same semantic field, like eltér (to differ) or megkülönböztet (to distinguish). The vocabulary revolves around notions of variance, distinction, and comparison.

Etymology and classification: Különböző (different) and related forms provide the semantic core, with különbözik as the base verb meaning to differ. Különbözött is simply the past tense singular form used when the subject is in the third person singular in the past. It belongs to Hungarian verbs in the -zik conjugation group, which produce past tense forms with the -t/-tt suffix in the corresponding mood.

See also: különbözet, eltér, különböztet, különböző.