differ

Speech parts

1. differ - Noun

2. differ - Verb

Meaning

To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.

To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.

To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Hyponyms

Phrases with the word

Derivatives

Anagrams

Examples

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert Einstein

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. Ernest Hemingway

The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved. John Desmond Bernal

We all will die, but our tombs will differ. Malawi Proverb

Tastes differ. Dutch Proverb

Languages differ but coughs are the same. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms