Differ
['dɪfə] or ['dɪfɚ]
Definition
(verb.) be different; 'These two tests differ in only one respect'.
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
(v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.
(v. i.) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.
(v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Vary, be unlike.[2]. Disagree, be of a different opinion, think differently.[3]. Wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, be at variance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vary, dissent, be_unlike, disagree, dispute, contend
ANT:Agree, assent,[See ASSENT]
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Definition
v.i. to be unlike distinct or various (used by itself or followed by with from to): to disagree (with from with): to fall out dispute (with):—pr.p. diff′ering; pa.p. diff′ered.—ns. Diff′erence Diff′erency (Shak.) dissimilarity: the quality distinguishing one thing from another: a contention or quarrel: the point in dispute: the excess of one quantity or number over another: (her.) the modification of an achievement of arms to indicate the wearer's relation to the head of the house as by marks of cadency.—v.t. to make a difference between things.—adj. Diff′erent distinct: separate: unlike: not the same (with from not to).—n. Differen′tia (logic) the characteristic quality or attribute of a species.—adj. Differen′tial creating a difference: special: (math.) pertaining to a quantity or difference infinitely small (see Calculus).—adv. Differen′tially.—v.t. Differen′tiāte to make different: to create a difference between: to classify as different.—v.i. to become different by specialisation: (math.) to obtain the differential or differential coefficient of.—n. Differentiā′tion the act of distinguishing or describing a thing by giving its differentia: exact definition: a change by which organs or structures become specialised or modified: (math.) the act or process of differentiating.—adv. Diff′erently.—Differential gear gear for communicating differential motion; Differential motion an apparatus by which the difference of two velocities is communicated as in the Differential screw a combination of male and female screws; Differential thermometer a thermometer for marking minute differences of temperature.
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Examples
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Of course, my fair readers would not have me guilty of such extreme ill-breeding as to differ in opinion from a noble duke! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If you are one of those who want us to consume it, I differ from you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We differ there. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- However the parts may differ in shape or size, their structure and composition are in general the same. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The difference in the effects of two resembling objects must proceed from that particular, in which they differ. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The lithographic press somewhat resembles in form an iron printing press, but differs from it greatly in its mode of action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The manner of estimating numbers in the two armies differs materially. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As wine differs very much in its constitution the requisite quantity of salicylic acid must be found out by practice in each particular case. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In the skeletons of the several breeds, the development of the bones of the face, in length and breadth and curvature, differs enormously. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Next, we shall ask our opponent how, in reference to any of the pursuits or arts of civic life, the nature of a woman differs from that of a man? Plato. The Republic.
- Are we not accustomed in daily life to recognizing that the reality differs very greatly from the ideas of it that we made before we acted? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- With its mechanism reduced to the fewest and simplest parts, the whole machine weighs only six pounds, and it differs in many respects from the ordinary typewriter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And reminding you that she and her sister had differed, had gone their several ways? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In many points of detail the vassal's services differed widely in different parts of the feudal world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In certain other respects this primitive Buddhism differed from any of the religions we have hitherto considered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in one very important respect British and German imperialism differed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In many respects they differed entirely from their successors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This boy differed from his sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This differed somewhat from the form shown in his patent, in that the machine shows a paper feed roller which does not appear in the patent. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a sad, anxious day; and the morrow, though differing in the sort of evil, did by no means bring less. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Differing though they may in tongue and skin, in thought and religion, in physical development and clime, the telegraph speaks to them all alike, and by all is understood. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So debating becomes a way of confirming your own prejudices; it is never, never in any debate I have suffered through, a search for understanding from the angles of two differing insights. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The intermingling in the school of youth of different races, differing religions, and unlike customs creates for all a new and broader environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These are but typical of hundreds of men who could be named who have risen from work at the key to become recognized leaders in differing spheres of activity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There were a number of such alphabets in the Mediterranean differing widely from each other. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thes e he observed to be of two kinds differing in form as a righ t glove from a left, or as an object from its mirror-image. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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