The phrase "a different idea from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing or contrasting two ideas, indicating that one idea is distinct from another.
Example: "Her proposal presents a different idea from what we discussed in the last meeting."
Alternatives: "a distinct idea from" or "a separate idea from".
And, they make great conversation starters: write a different idea on each, from new goals to resolutions to favorite moments of the previous year, and have everyone around the table answer the questions.
True physics is quantum-mechanical, and this implies a different idea of matter and action from Turing's purely classical picture.
On their first collaborative EP, Internet Dreams, Swick and Douster who hail from Melbourne and Lyon respectively, and have released solo work on labels like Mad Decent, Dim Mak, and Sound Pellegrino have a different idea of what a fantasy borne from the virtual world looks like.
Wander the halls of the grim, windowless congress centre - what a waste of the Alps - and you find a collection of clever people, a mass of different ideas from individuals who in normal life would never meet.
If you are a little Westernized and express slightly different ideas from the predominant ones, then you are called either "Son of Bush" or "Son of Obama".
The new Marchioness says she "always knew the gardens would be my job", and she probably also suspected it would be a tricky one, because she had different ideas from her mother-in-law.
I observed how differently some of my friends learned, and how a reading of the same work could elicit different ideas from them.
Experts from healthcare organizations, legal institutes, and IT professions as well as privacy and data management communities should work closely to draw a detailed education map for this field by sharing different ideas from various orientations.
But the Brandons had different ideas from Marc and Vassili about what appealed to them about "traditional" marriage.
