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differ verb [ ˈdɪfə ]

• be unlike or dissimilar.
• "the second set of data differed from the first"
Similar: vary, be different, be unlike, be dissimilar, be distinguishable, diverge, deviate from, depart from, run counter to, contradict, contrast with, conflict with, be incompatible with, be at odds with, be in opposition to, go against,
Opposite: coincide, resemble,
Origin: late Middle English (also in the sense ‘put off, defer’): from Old French differer ‘differ, defer’, from Latin differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’. Compare with defer1.

agree to differ

• cease to argue about something because neither party will compromise or be persuaded.

beg to differ

• politely disagree.



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