differ
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Latin differō
Old French differerbor.
Middle English differren
English differ
From Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Compare Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō). Doublet of defer and dilate, see also infer, confer and collate, refer and relate, as well as prefer and prelate among others.
Inflected forms:
form: differs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: differing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: differed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: differed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: differs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When we look to the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us, is, that they generally differ much more from each other, than do the individuals of any one species or variety in a state of nature.
These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
gloss: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.
gloss: Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
usually
examples: May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration
I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects
Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands.
gloss: A program that diffs, a diff.
pos: noun
Synonyms: ablude
differ
dissent
mismatch
vary
Antonyms: match
conform
Related words: difference
different
differential
differentiate
differentiation
differently
indifference
indifferent
indifferently
Derived words: agree to differ
beg to differ
your mileage may differ
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِخْتَلَفَ
roman: iḵtalafa
lang: Bulgarian
word: различа́вам се
roman: različávam se
lang: Catalan
word: diferir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不同
roman: bùtóng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 差別 /差别
roman: chābié
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不一樣 /不一样
roman: bù yīyàng
lang: Czech
word: lišit se
lang: Danish
word: være forskellig (e)
lang: Dutch
word: verschillen
lang: Dutch
word: afwijken
lang: Dutch
word: schelen
lang: Esperanto
word: malsimili
lang: Esperanto
word: diferenci
lang: Finnish
word: erota
lang: French
word: différer
lang: West-Frisian
word: ferskille
lang: Galician
word: diferir
lang: German
word: sich unterscheiden
lang: German
word: abweichen
lang: German
word: differieren
lang: German
word: verschieden sein
lang: German
word: nicht übereinstimmen
lang: Greek
word: διαφέρω
roman: diaféro
lang: Ancient Greek
word: διαφέρω
roman: diaphérō
lang: Hungarian
word: különbözik
lang: Ido
word: diferar
lang: Indonesian
word: beda
lang: Indonesian
word: berbeda
lang: Indonesian
word: berlainan
lang: Italian
word: differire
lang: Italian
word: essere differente
lang: Italian
word: essere diverso
lang: Japanese
word: 異なる
roman: kotonaru
lang: Japanese
word: 違う
roman: chigau
lang: Korean
word: 다르다
roman: dareuda
lang: Latin
word: differō
lang: Māori
word: horo
lang: Middle English
word: differren
lang: Polish
word: różnić się
lang: Portuguese
word: diferir
lang: Russian
word: отлича́ться
roman: otličátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: отличи́ться
roman: otličítʹsja
lang: Russian
word: различа́ться
roman: različátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: различи́ться
roman: različítʹsja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: razlikovati se
lang: Spanish
word: diferir
lang: Spanish
word: diferecer
lang: Spanish
word: distar
lang: Swedish
word: vara olik (a)
lang: Swedish
word: skilja sig åt
lang: Swedish
word: avvika
lang: Tamil
word: வேறுபடு
roman: vēṟupaṭu
lang: Ukrainian
word: відрізня́тися
roman: vidriznjátysja
lang: Ukrainian
word: різни́тися
roman: riznýtysja
lang: Vietnamese
word: khác
lang: Vietnamese
word: không giống