What are common mistakes with difference and different?

Common mistakes include using different as a noun or using difference as an adjective.

Incorrect:

What is the different between these words?

Correct:

What is the difference between these words?

Incorrect:

These two meanings are difference.

Correct:

These two meanings are different.

Another common mistake is saying “different between.”

Incorrect:

This is different between the two examples.

Correct:

There is a difference between the two examples.
This example is different from the other one.