differ

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be unlike something else in some way.

   These two tests differ in only one respect.

2. 2
   verb

   To have a different opinion from someone.

   I beg to differ on that point.

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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