The phrase "action different from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing or contrasting one action with another, highlighting how they are not the same.
Example: "The action different from what we expected led to unexpected results."
Alternatives: "action distinct from" or "action unlike".
This afternoon, Mr. Parker chose a course of action different from his companion's.
These findings show BBR as a new hypolipidemic drug with a mechanism of action different from that of statin drugs.
These results suggest a mode of action different from that of the current anti-mycobacterial drugs rifampicin and isoniazid.
Casiopeína III-Ea (Cas III-Ea1) is a copper complex with antiproliferative and antitumor activities, designed to act via alternative mechanisms of action different from Cisplatin.
AT&T said it remained in compliance with the F.C.C.'s earlier merger order, and that it did not believe that "tonight's order requires us to take any action different from those we are already taking".
Brooks, J. W. et al. Arvanil-induced inhibition of spasticity and persistent pain: evidence for therapeutic sites of action different from the vanilloid VR1 receptor and cannabinoid CB1/CB2 receptors.
That steeper, shorter learning curve is like the one involved in learning how to drive a car in the first place: it's a new set of actions different from nearly anything else we do in life, but it's tightly circumscribed, and giving users a very finite, but highly distinct set of new things to learn.
Natural herbal compounds with novel actions different from existing breast cancer (BCa) treatment modalities are attractive for improving therapeutic efficacy and safety.
Valproate is a widely prescribed anti-epileptic drug, in both adults and children, and its success is likely to be due to modes of actions different from blocking VGSCs.
Voluntary actions feel different from involuntary actions, and this difference depends respectively, on the experience of agency or the experience of a lack of agency as the case may be if my body is being moved by someone else.
