The phrase "acts differently" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe how someone or something behaves in a manner that is not the same as others or as expected.
Example: "When under stress, she acts differently than she normally would, often becoming more withdrawn."
Alternatives: "behaves uniquely" or "reacts in a distinct manner."
27 We found different patterns in different conditions, which fits with other research showing that wealth acts differently in different conditions, and for example, has no association with referral for postmenopausal bleeding.
"A disease with many effects on multiple organs, like diabetes, acts differently in different people".
Selection acts differently on different proteins, depending on their function.
Previous work suggests that selection pressure acts differently on different LRR modules.
Each gene has its own promoter and its own idiosyncratic response to a common transcription milieu [ 58, 59], and each agonist acts upon different classes of receptors and therefore acts differently on the available inducible genes.
If your sensor will detect the non-visible light, there's still another problem: that type of light acts differently and both focus and exposure will be different.
As it cannot be excluded that RF EMF exposure acts differently on males and females, in particular of different ages, present results might have been influenced by the unbalanced gender/age composition of the study groups.
Differences between Venus and Earth could also mean that lightning acts differently on the planets.
It's called "a new generation," one that thinks and acts differently from its parents'.
Nye wrote "there is no doubt [Gaddafi] acts differently on the world stage today than he did in decades past.
Moreover, the same string of amino acids fol ded differently creates a protein that acts differently in the body.
