other than 不同于,除了,与…不同；与…不同方式
There’s nobody here other than me.除了我这里没别人.
You can’t get there other than by swimming.你只能靠游泳游到那边去.
rather than 用来表示“是...而不是...”,通常连接两个并列成分
eg:He is an artist rather than a philosopher.
他是位艺术家而不是位哲学家.