differ

Verb
US[dif-er]/ˈdɪfɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: disagreedissenttake issue

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)differs, differed, differing

  1. be different“These two tests differ in only one respect”Opposite beMore general changeMore specific deviate, excel, vary, contrast, disagree
  2. be of different opinions“I beg to differ!”“She disagrees with her husband on many questions”Synonyms: disagreedissenttake issueOpposite agreeMore general think, cogitateMore specific contradict, dissent, clash

Related words different adjective, difference noun, disagreement noun

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Translations

Verb not to have the same characteristics

Spanish
diferir
French
différer
German
sich unterscheiden
Italian
differire
Portuguese
diferir
Russian
отлича́ться otličátʹsja
Arabic
اِخْتَلَفَ iḵtalafa
Chinese
不同 bùtóng
Japanese
異なる kotonaru
Dutch
verschillen
8 more languages
Swedish
avvika
Greek
διαφέρω diaféro
Hungarian
különbözik
Portuguese (PT)
diferir
Chinese (Trad.)
不同 bùtóng
Catalan
diferir
Esperanto
diferenci
Romanian
diferi

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dif′fer intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Differed; present participle & verbal noun Differing.]

Origin: L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear, carry: cf. F. différer. See 1st Bear, and cf. Defer, Delay.

1. To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; — with from.

One star differeth from another star in glory.— 1 Cor. xv. 41.
Minds differ, as rivers differ.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

2. To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; — often with from or with.

3. To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.

We 'll never differ with a crowded pit.— Nicholas Rowe

Synonyms: To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle. — To Differ with, Differ from. Both differ from and differ with are used in reference to opinions; as, “I differ from you or with you in that opinion.” In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, differ from is used; as, these two persons or things differ entirely from each other.

Severely punished, not for differing from us in opinion, but for committing a nuisance.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted, to differ from him.— Matthew Arnold
Much as I differ from him concerning an essential part of the historic basis of religion.— William E. Gladstone
I differ with the honorable gentleman on that point.— Lord Henry Brougham
If the honorable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ.— George Canning
Dif′fer transitive verb

To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. rare

But something 'ts that differs thee and me.— Abraham Cowley

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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