Different from a French book that's changed hands (7,2)

I believe the answer is:

unequal to

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'different from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Another definition for unequal to that I've seen is " Different from".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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