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Word: Differ
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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 defer
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɪfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
be unlike or dissimilar
Short Definition:be unlike or dissimilar
Examples:- the second set of data differed from the first
- tastes differ, especially in cars
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