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differ

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"Be unlike"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪfə/Part of speech verbSorted deffirStarts with DEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be of different opinions

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.
  • The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.
  • May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects

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