differs

[Dif·fer]

To differ is to be different, or to vary. Your list of favorite movies might differ from your sister's, especially if you like romantic comedies and she likes action films.

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

Verb
be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

Verb
be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

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.

Differ

Dif"fer , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Differed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Differing.] [L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear, carry: cf. F. diff'82rer. 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.

Minds differ, as rivers differ.

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.

Syn. -- To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle. -- 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.

Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted, to differ from him.

Much as I differ from him concerning an essential part of the historic basis of religion.

I differ with the honorable gentleman on that point.

If the honorable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ.

Differ

Dif"fer, v. t. To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.]

But something 'ts that differs thee and me.

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

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

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Usage Examples

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

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Other Usage Examples

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners.

Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad.

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.