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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dif-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ər

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Définition of differs

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French differer (14c.) and directly from Latin differre "to set apart, differ," from dis- "away from" (see dis-) + ferre "carry" (see infer).
  • Two senses that were present in Latin have gone separate ways in English since c.1500 with defer (transitive) and differ (intransitive). Related: Differed; differing.
  • verb be dissimilar, distinct
  • verb clash; hold opposing views
Example sentences :
  • A white man looks for game; an Indian sees it because it differs from the forest.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • It is the controlling mood that differs, not the material controlled.
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • It differs from the earlier proposals in having no working parts on the line.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
  • You won't admit that anybody can be right who differs from you.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • An' I tell you there's no differs between Cambridge an' Oxford.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • It differs from T. sordidum in having no trace of violet color.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The genus Clitocybe differs from Tricholoma in the character of the gills.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • M. Pelianthina differs from this in having dark-edged gills.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • This differs from L. cilicioides in its zoned pileus and white milk.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • It differs from M. pseudopura and M. zephira in having a strong smell.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

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