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What's The Definition Of Differ?
[v] be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
[v] be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" Synonyms | Synonyms for Differ: disagree | dissent | take issue Related Terms | Find terms related to Differ: agree to differ | agree to disagree | altercate | argue | be at cross-purposes | be at variance | be distinct | be distinguished | be in dissent | bear no resemblance | beg to differ | bicker | brawl | break | break off | break up | broil | clash | clash with | collide | conflict | conflict with | contradict | contrast | contrast with | counter | debate | depart | depart from | deviate | deviate from | differ in opinion | differentiate | disaccord | disaccord with | disagree | disagree with | discord | discord with | dispute | dissent | dissent from | disunify | divaricate | divaricate from | diverge | diverge from | diversify | divide | divide on | drop out | fall out | feud | fight | flite | have words | hold opposite views | jangle | jar | jar with | join issue | jostle | mismatch | mismate | misunderstand one another | negate | not accord with | not agree | not compare with | not get along | not look like | not square with | object | oppose | part company | protest against | pull different ways | quarrel | relieve | secede | set to | spar | spat | squabble | stand apart | stand over against | take exception | take issue | tiff | variate | variegate | vary | withdraw | withhold assent | wrangle See Also | clash | contradict | contrast | contravene | counterpoint | depart | deviate | diverge | negate | vary Differ In Webster's Dictionary \Dif"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Differed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Differing}.] [L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear,
carry: cf. F. diff['e]rer. 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. --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. --Rowe.
Syn: To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose;
wrangle.
Usage: -- To {Differ with}, {Differ from}. Both differ from
and aiffer 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.
--Macaulay.
Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted,
to differ from him. --M. Arnold.
Much as I differ from him concerning an
essential part of the historic basis of
religion. --Gladstone.
I differ with the honorable gentleman on that
point. --Brougham.
If the honorable gentleman differs with me on
that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and
shall always rejoice to differ. --Canning.
\Dif"fer\, v. t. To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.] But something 'ts that differs thee and me. --Cowley. |
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