differ
Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
Noun
- A program that diffs, a diff.
Synonyms: diff
Origin
Etymology tree English diff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English differ From diff + -er.
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- Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
- When we look to the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us, is, that they generally differ much more from each other, than do...
- These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
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(intransitive) To be separated in quantity.
- The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.
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(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
- May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects
- Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands. - 1969, “The Pawning of Orkney and Shetland: A Reconsideration of the Events of 1460-9”,...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Old French differerbor. Middle English differren English differ 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.
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difference different differential differentiate differentiation differently indifference indifferent indifferently