differing

English

Verb

differing

1. present participle of differ

Noun

differing (plural differings)

1. difference
   • 1983, Robert Bator, Signposts to criticism of children's literature

     I knew nothing then of the great differings and philosophizings, the setting up and tearing down of fine lines technically and aesthetically between the two that had been going on among the devotees of each […]

   • 2007, Youru Wang, Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought:

     It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values […]

Adjective

differing (comparative more differing, superlative most differing)

1. (formal) unlike, dissimilar, distinct

Synonyms

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Translations

unlike or dissimilar

• Maori: tāhapa
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