differ

From Middle English differen, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Compare Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō).

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪfə/
• Rhymes: -ɪfə(r)

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

1. (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

   These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.

2. (intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
   • Canning

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

• (to not have the same characteristics): See also Thesaurus:differ

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

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

• riffed

differ

1. second-person singular present active imperative of differō