differ
//ˈdɪfə//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- differ
- past (v2)
- differed
- past participle (v3)
- differed
- present participle
- differing
- 3rd person singular
- differs
- Plural
- differs
Definitions
1.Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
- The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.
- These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
- Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands.
1.A program that diffs, a diff.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3264
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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