ต่างหาก

Explanation

ต่างหาก has the core idea of setting something apart and drawing attention to it. In practical contexts it means “separately,” as in separate payment or separate sale. In conversation it often works as a corrective focus marker, especially in the pattern ไม่ใช่ A, B ต่างหาก, meaning “not A, but actually B.” It is best learned as one fixed expression rather than by analyzing its parts.

Usage

It is common in everyday conversation, pricing and service explanations, product descriptions, requests to separate items, separating topics, and correcting misunderstandings. It is especially useful for “charged separately,” “sold separately,” “kept apart,” and “not that, this.”

Caution

When used after a person in a corrective sentence, it can sound confrontational or blaming. Use a softer tone or additional polite phrasing in formal or sensitive situations.

1 separately synonyms

• เฉพาะ

  chaphɔ́ only

  เฉพาะ focuses on “specific” or “only.” ต่างหาก focuses on being set apart from something else.

• แยกกัน

  แยกกัน simply means “separately” or “apart from each other.” ต่างหาก more strongly suggests that something is treated as a separate item or separate category.

2 actually synonyms

• จริง ๆ

  จริง ๆ means “really” or “actually” in a general sense. ต่างหาก is more contrastive, often correcting an assumption: “not A, but B.”

• นี่แหละ

  นี่แหละ emphasizes “this is it.” ต่างหาก more often pushes back against another idea and says “this, not that, is the real point.”