differ

English

Etymology

From Middle English differen, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪfə/
• Rhymes: -ɪfə(r)

Verb

differ (third-person singular simple present differs, present participle differing, simple past and past participle differed)

1. Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
2. (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

Related terms

• different
• difference
• differential
• differentiate
• differentiation
• agree to differ
• beg to differ

Translations

not to have the same characteristics

• Arabic: اختلف (ar) (ixtálafa)
• Bulgarian: различавам се (bg) (različávam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不同 (cmn) (bùtóng), 差別 (cmn), 差别 (cmn) (chābié), 不一樣 (cmn), 不一样 (cmn) (bù yīyàng)

• Czech: lišit (cs) se
• Dutch: verschillen (nl), afwijken (nl)
• Esperanto: malsimili (eo), diferenci (eo)
• Finnish: erota (fi)
• French: différer (fr)
• German: sich unterscheiden (de), abweichen (de)

• Greek: διαφέρω (el) (diaféro)
• Ido: diferar
• Indonesian: beda (id), berbeda (id), berlainan (id)
• Japanese: 異なる (ja) (ことなる, kotonaru), 違う (ja) (ちがう, chigau)
• Korean: 다르다 (ko) (dareuda)
• Polish: różnić się (pl)
• Russian: отличаться (ru) (otličát’sja) impf., отличиться (ru) (otličít’sja) pf., различаться (ru) (različát’sja) impf., различиться (ru) (različít’sja) pf.
• Vietnamese: khác (vi), không giống (vi)
• West Frisian: ferskille

to have diverging opinions, disagree

• Polish: mieć inne zdanie

• Russian: расходиться во мнениях (ru) (rasxodít’sja vo mnénijax)

External links

• differ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• differ in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• riffed

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Latin

Verb

differ

1. second-person singular present active imperative of differō