Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to differ
Participle: differed
Gerund: differing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | differ |
| you | differ |
| he;she;it | differs |
| we | differ |
| you | differ |
| they | differ |
Perfect
| I | have differed |
| you | have differed |
| he;she;it | has differed |
| we | have differed |
| you | have differed |
| they | have differed |
Past
| I | differed |
| you | differed |
| he;she;it | differed |
| we | differed |
| you | differed |
| they | differed |
Pluperfect
| I | had differed |
| you | had differed |
| he;she;it | had differed |
| we | had differed |
| you | had differed |
| they | had differed |
Future
| I | will differ |
| you | will differ |
| he;she;it | will differ |
| we | will differ |
| you | will differ |
| they | will differ |
Future Perfect
| I | will have differed |
| you | will have differed |
| he;she;it | will have differed |
| we | will have differed |
| you | will have differed |
| they | will have differed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | differ |
| you | differ |
| he;she;it | differ |
| we | differ |
| you | differ |
| they | differ |
Perfect
| I | have differed |
| you | have differed |
| he;she;it | have differed |
| we | have differed |
| you | have differed |
| they | have differed |
Imperfect
| I | differed |
| you | differed |
| he;she;it | differed |
| we | differed |
| you | differed |
| they | differed |
Pluperfect
| I | had differed |
| you | had differed |
| he;she;it | had differed |
| we | had differed |
| you | had differed |
| they | had differed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would differ |
| you | would differ |
| he;she;it | would differ |
| we | would differ |
| you | would differ |
| they | would differ |
Perfect
| I | would have differed |
| you | would have differed |
| he;she;it | would have differed |
| we | would have differed |
| you | would have differed |
| they | would have differed |
Imperative
| you | differ |
| we | Let's differ |
| you | differ |
Verbs conjugated like 'differ'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'differ'
niffer,
buffer,
coffer,
defer,
diaper,
dicker,
didder,
diff,
dinner,
dister,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- display differences
- vary
- to be different
- dissent
- to not to have the same traits or characteristics
- ablude, mismatch, vary
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
- dissent
- disagree
- dispute, fight, contradict, object, oppose, dissent, digress
Antonyms
- to not to have the same traits or characteristics
- conform, match
- to be similar to something
- connaturalize, normalize, standardise, resemble
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1375, from O.Fr.
diferer, from L.
differre "to set apart, differ," from
dis- "away from" +
ferre "carry" (see infer). Two senses that were present in L. have gone separate ways in Eng. since c.1500 with
defer (transitive) and
differ (intransitive).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
5. Proto-Italic *dis-
6. Latin dis-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
9. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
10. Proto-Italic *ferō
11. Latin ferō
12. Latin differō
13. Old French differerbor.
14. Middle English differren
15. English differ
16. 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. See: Middle English '
differren', Old French '
differer', Latin '
differō'.
Verbs referencing "differ"
Ido diferar, Swedish
diffa.
Sample Sentences
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[...] no mother 's smile called forth her answering smile, no father 's voice taught her to imitate his sounds:—they, brothers and sisters, were but forms of matter which resisted her touch, but which differed not from the furniture of the house, save in warmth, and in the power of locomotion; and not even in these respects from the dog and the cat.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] spoons, keys, &c., and pasting upon them labels with their names printed in raised letters. These she felt very carefully, and soon, of course, distinguished that the crooked lines spoon, differed as much from the crooked lines key, as the spoon differed from the key in form.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in raised letters. These she felt very carefully, and soon, of course, distinguished that the crooked lines spoon, differed as much from the crooked lines key, as the spoon differed from the key in form.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The arrangements for cooking, washing of clothes, and so forth, are much upon the plan of those I have seen at home. Their mode of bestowing the prisoners at night (which is of general adoption ) differs from ours, and is both simple and effective. In the centre of a lofty area, lighted by windows in the four walls, are five tiers of cells, one above the other; each tier having before it a light [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] because I mean to take them for a model, and to content myself with saying of others we may come to, whose design and purpose are the same, that in this or that respect they practically fail, or differ.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ (interrogatively ), and asks in what respect they differ. You enumerate the heads of difference, one by one, and he says ‘Yes ? ’ (still interrogatively ) to each. Then he guesses that you do n't travel faster in England; and on your replying that you [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in the world! Look at them, man—you, who see them every night, and keep the keys. Do you see what they are ? Do you know how drains are made below the streets, and wherein these human sewers differ, except in being always stagnant ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] ethereal, “ you see, Cousin Ophelia, I don't often speak of myself. It isn't my _habit_; ’ t isn't agreeable to me. In fact, I haven't strength to do it. But there are points where St. Clare and I differ. St. Clare never understood me, never appreciated me. I think it lies at the root of all my ill health. St. Clare means well, I am bound to believe; but men are constitutionally selfish and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] his reasonings were in that line, and all mother's exhortations went to the winds. As to me, they sunk deep into me. She never contradicted, in form, anything my father said, or seemed directly to differ from him; but she impressed, burnt into my very soul, with all the force of her deep, earnest nature, an idea of the dignity and worth of the meanest human soul. I have looked in her face with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)