English Explanatory Dictionary

differ

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
  2. To be separated in quantity.
  3. To have diverging opinions, disagree.
noun
  1. A program that diffs, a diff.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪfə/ /ˈdɪfɚ/ en-us-differ.ogg

Word forms

differ differs differing differed

Etymology

Etymology tree 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.

Synonyms

ablude differ dissent mismatch vary diff

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

Arabic: اِخْتَلَفَ Bulgarian: различа́вам се Catalan: diferir Chinese Mandarin: 不同 Chinese Mandarin: 差別 /差别 Chinese Mandarin: 不一樣 /不一样 Czech: lišit se Danish: være forskellig (e) Dutch: verschillen Dutch: afwijken Dutch: schelen Esperanto: malsimili Esperanto: diferenci Finnish: erota French: différer West-Frisian: ferskille Galician: diferir German: sich unterscheiden German: abweichen German: differieren German: verschieden sein German: nicht übereinstimmen Greek: διαφέρω Ancient Greek: διαφέρω Hungarian: különbözik Ido: diferar Indonesian: beda Indonesian: berbeda Indonesian: berlainan Italian: differire Italian: essere differente Italian: essere diverso Japanese: 異なる Japanese: 違う Korean: 다르다 Latin: differō Māori: horo Middle English: differren Polish: różnić się Portuguese: diferir Russian: отлича́ться Russian: отличи́ться Russian: различа́ться Russian: различи́ться Serbo-Croatian: razlikovati se Spanish: diferir Spanish: diferecer (desus.) Swedish: vara olik (a) Swedish: skilja sig åt Swedish: avvika Tamil: வேறுபடு Ukrainian: відрізня́тися Ukrainian: різни́тися Vietnamese: khác Vietnamese: không giống
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