differ

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈdɪfə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈdɪfɚ/

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• Hyphenation: dif‧fer

Verb

Plain form differ

Third-person singular differs

Past tense differed

Past participle differed

Present participle differing

1. If things differ, they are not the same in some way.

   The new cars differ from the old mainly in how they look.

   The results did not differ significantly by sex or age.

2. If two people differ about something, they don't agree about it.

   I differ with him about what we should do here and there.

Related words

• different
• difference