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  • oppose, disagree

  • deviate from, be dissimilar

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differ

verb

Definition of differnext

1

as in to contrast

to be unlike; to not be the same

my brother and I differ markedly in the way we handle money

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • contrast

  • vary

  • fluctuate

  • diverge

  • deviate

  • divide

  • separate


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • compare

  • match

  • correspond

  • agree

  • conform

  • accord

  • compare

  • match

  • correspond

  • agree

  • conform

  • accord

2

as in to disagree

to have a different opinion

after much arguing, we simply have agreed to differ about the issue

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disagree

  • object

  • contrast

  • nonconcur

  • dissent

  • argue

  • clash

  • conflict

  • take issue

  • debate

  • resist

  • oppose

  • protest

  • counter

  • collide

  • dispute

  • contest

  • quarrel

  • bicker

  • fall out


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agree

  • concur

  • accept

  • defer

  • comply

  • assent

  • acquiesce

  • consent

  • accede

  • cooperate

  • subscribe

  • compromise

  • collaborate

  • associate

  • get along

  • side

  • affiliate

  • ally

  • come round

  • collude

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  • agree

  • concur

  • accept

  • defer

  • comply

  • assent

  • acquiesce

  • consent

  • accede

  • cooperate

  • subscribe

  • compromise

  • collaborate

  • associate

  • get along

  • side

  • affiliate

  • ally

  • come round

  • collude

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Table Of Contents:

  • Differ as a Verb
  • Definitions of «Differ» as a verb
  • Synonyms of «Differ» as a verb (28 Words)
  • Usage Examples of «Differ» as a verb
  • Associations of «Differ» (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Differ” are: disagree, dissent, take issue, 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, fail to agree, be at variance, be in dispute, be in opposition, conflict, clash, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other’s throats

Differ as a Verb

Definitions of «Differ» as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “differ” as a verb can have the following definitions:

  • Be different.
  • Be unlike or dissimilar.
  • Be of different opinions.
  • Disagree.

Synonyms of «Differ» as a verb (28 Words)

be at each other’s throats Have an existence, be extant.
be at odds with Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun.
be at variance Be identical to; be someone or something.
be different Be identical to; be someone or something.
be dissimilar Be priced at.
be distinguishable Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
be in dispute Be identical or equivalent to.
be in opposition Form or compose.
be in opposition to To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form.
be incompatible with Be identical or equivalent to.
be unlike To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form.
clash Be incompatible; be or come into conflict.
His thriftiness clashed with Ross s largesse.
conflict Be in conflict.
The two proposals conflict.
conflict with Go against, as of rules and laws.
contradict Be in contradiction with.
Within five minutes he had contradicted himself twice.
contrast with Put in opposition to show or emphasize differences.
cross swords To cover or extend over an area or time period.
depart from Move away from a place into another direction.
deviate from Be at variance with; be out of line with.
disagree (of statements or accounts) be inconsistent or fail to correspond.
The results disagree with the findings reported so far.
dissent Disagree with the doctrine of an established or orthodox Church.
Several Republicans dissented.
diverge Develop in a different direction.
Their ways had diverged at university.
fail to agree Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake.
go against Be abolished or discarded.
lock horns Keep engaged.
run counter to Sail before the wind.
take issue Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
vary Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one’s or its former characteristics or essence.
He tried to vary his diet.

Usage Examples of «Differ» as a verb

  • I beg to differ!

  • The second set of data differed from the first.
  • Tastes differ, especially in cars.
  • He differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters.
  • These two tests differ in only one respect.

Associations of «Differ» (30 Words)

conflicting Incompatible or at variance; contradictory.
Conflicting opinions.
contradiction Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas.
He spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction.
contradictory A contradictory proposition.
The two studies came to contradictory conclusions.
contrast The act of distinguishing by comparing differences.
Match the trimming with one of the stronger colours in the pattern to provide contrast.
contrastingly In a contrasting manner.
convert A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief.
Smith converted and his team won.
diametrical Of or along a diameter.
Diametrical or opposite points of view.
difference A disagreement, quarrel, or dispute.
There are many differences between jazz and rock.
different Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.
This new music is certainly different but I don t really like it.
differential Relating to a difference in a physical quantity.
The differential features between benign and malignant tumours.
differentiation A discrimination between things as different and distinct.
Packaging can be a source of product differentiation.
disagree Disapprove of.
The two approaches disagree about how to explain the decentralization in the 1960s and early 70s.
disagreement Lack of consensus or approval.
There was some disagreement about the details.
discord Be different from one another.
The discord between indigenous and Western cultures.
discordant Not in agreement or harmony.
A study of children in discordant homes.
discrepant Not compatible with other facts.
The reasons for these discrepant results are unclear.
dissonant Not in accord.
Irregular dissonant chords.
distinction An honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority.
High interest rates strike down without distinction small businesses and the unemployed.
erratic Likely to perform unpredictably- Osbert Lancaster.
The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics.
factious Relating or inclined to dissension.
A factious country.
gap Make an opening or gap in.
The explosion made a gap in the wall.
incompatible Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other’s effect.
She declined the offer because it was incompatible with her values.
incongruous Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness.
The duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath.
inconsistent Not staying the same throughout.
Inconsistent accounts.
inharmonious Not in harmony.
An inharmonious negative state of mind.
inhospitable (of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.
They are extremely inhospitable these days.
irony A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.
Irony is wasted on the stupid.
opposition A body of people united in opposing something.
The opposition between practical and poetic language.
unlike Not like; different from.
He was very unlike to any other man.
variance An event that departs from expectations.
A zoning variance.
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  • alter
  • conflict with
  • contradict
  • contrast
  • disagree
  • diverge
  • modify
  • vary
  • digress
  • diversify
  • qualify
  • reverse
  • turn
  • be distinguished from
  • be off the beaten path
  • be unlike
  • bear no resemblance
  • clash with
  • depart from
  • deviate from
  • divaricate from
  • jar with
  • lack resemblance
  • not conform
  • not look like
  • run counter to
  • show contrast
  • sing a different tune
  • stand apart
  • take exception
  • disagree
  • dissent
  • divide
  • quarrel
  • squabble
  • vary
  • bicker
  • contend
  • debate
  • demur
  • disaccord
  • discord
  • dispute
  • fight
  • jar
  • object
  • oppose
  • war
  • bump heads
  • discept
  • go after each other
  • go at it
  • hit a clinker
  • hit a sour note
  • lock horns
  • protest against
  • take issue

On this page you’ll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to differ, such as: alter, conflict with, contradict, contrast, disagree, and diverge.

  • agree
  • concur
  • consent
  • accept
  • give in
  • go along
  • make peace
  • support
  • surrender
  • conform
  • harmonize

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WORDS RELATED TO DIFFER

  • be dissimilar
  • conflict
  • contrast
  • differ
  • disaccord
  • discord
  • disharmonize
  • mismatch
  • not go with
  • argues
  • bang heads
  • battles
  • brawls
  • bucks
  • combats
  • conflicts
  • contends
  • crosses swords
  • differs
  • disagrees
  • encounters
  • feuds
  • frets
  • galls
  • grapples
  • grates
  • mixes it up
  • quarrels
  • raises Cain
  • rows
  • tries
  • wars
  • wrangles
  • accuse
  • ascribe
  • attack
  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bemoan
  • bewail
  • bitch
  • carp
  • cavil
  • charge
  • contravene
  • criticize
  • defy
  • demur
  • denounce
  • deplore
  • deprecate
  • differ
  • disagree
  • disapprove
  • dissent
  • expostulate
  • find fault
  • fret
  • fuss
  • gainsay
  • grieve
  • gripe
  • groan
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • impute
  • indict
  • kick up a fuss
  • lament
  • lay
  • look askance
  • make a fuss
  • moan
  • nag
  • object
  • oppose
  • protest
  • refute
  • remonstrate
  • repine
  • reproach
  • snivel
  • sound off
  • take exception to
  • wail
  • whimper
  • whine
  • yammer
  • accused
  • ascribed
  • attacked
  • beefed
  • bellyached
  • bemoaned
  • bewailed
  • bitched
  • carped
  • cavilled
  • charged
  • contravened
  • criticized
  • defied
  • demurred
  • denounced
  • deplored
  • deprecated
  • differed
  • disagreed
  • disapproved
  • dissented
  • expostulated
  • found fault
  • fretted
  • fussed
  • gainsaid
  • grieved
  • griped
  • groaned
  • groused
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • imputed
  • indicted
  • kicked up a fuss
  • lamented
  • lay
  • looked askance
  • made a fuss
  • moaned
  • nagged
  • objected
  • opposed
  • protested
  • refuted
  • remonstrated
  • repined
  • reproached
  • snivelled
  • sounded off
  • took exception to
  • wailed
  • whimpered
  • whined
  • yammered
  • brawl
  • bump heads with
  • clash
  • collide
  • combat
  • contend
  • contest
  • contrast
  • cross swords with
  • differ
  • disaccord
  • disagree
  • discord
  • disharmonize
  • disturb
  • fight
  • interfere
  • jar
  • lock horns with
  • mismatch
  • oppose
  • romp
  • run against tide
  • scrap
  • slug
  • square off with
  • strive
  • struggle
  • tangle
  • vary
  • brawled
  • bumped heads with
  • clashed
  • collided
  • combated
  • contended
  • contested
  • contrasted
  • crossed swords with
  • differed
  • disaccorded
  • disagreed
  • discorded
  • disharmonized
  • disturbed
  • fought
  • interfered
  • jarred
  • locked horns with
  • mismatched
  • opposed
  • ran against tide
  • romped
  • scrapped
  • slugged
  • squared off with
  • strove
  • struggled
  • tangled
  • varied

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Differ Past Tense

The past tense of Differ is differed.

1. differ

verb. [‘ˈdɪfɝ’] be different.

Synonyms

  • vary
  • counterpoint
  • diverge
  • contrast
  • deviate

Antonyms

  • equal
  • admit
  • strengthen
  • miss

Etymology

  • differen (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • differo (Latin)

Rhymes with Differ

  • stiffer
  • sniffer
  • sypher
  • shiffer
  • schiffer
  • pipher
  • guiffre

Sentences with differ

1. Verb, base form
Beyond that, the patterns on the fur can differ dramatically from cat to cat.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
American classifications differ, as shown in the following table:

Quotes about differ

1. During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.
— Mika Waltari

2. The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
— Aristotle

3. Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.»(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)
— Albert Einstein

2. differ

verb. [‘ˈdɪfɝ’] be of different opinions.

Synonyms

  • disagree
  • contradict
  • clash
  • dissent
  • contravene
  • take issue

Antonyms

  • prove
  • validate
  • disprove
  • affirm

Etymology

  • differen (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • differo (Latin)

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Translations: the word in the other languages

  • Afrikaans: verskil
  • Amharic: የሚሰጡዋቸውን
  • Arabic: تختلف
  • Azerbaijani: ilə fərqlənir
  • Bashkir: айырылып
  • Belarusian: адрозніваюцца
  • Bulgarian: се различават
  • Bengali: পৃথক
  • Bosnian: razlikuju
  • Catalan: difereixen
  • Cebuano: lahi
  • Czech: liší
  • Welsh: yn wahanol
  • Danish: forskellige
  • German: unterscheiden
  • Greek: διαφέρουν
  • Esperanto: malsamas
  • Spanish: difieren
  • Estonian: erinevad
  • Basque: ez datoz bat
  • Persian: متفاوت
  • Finnish: eroavat
  • French: diffèrent
  • Irish: difriúil
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaichte
  • Galician: difiren
  • Gujarati: અલગ
  • Hebrew: שונים
  • Hindi: अलग
  • Croatian: razlikuju
  • Haitian: diferan
  • Hungarian: különböznek
  • Armenian: տարբերվում են
  • Indonesian: berbeda
  • Icelandic: mismunandi
  • Italian: differiscono
  • Japanese: 異なる
  • Javanese: beda-beda
  • Georgian: განსხვავდება
  • Kazakh: ерекшеленеді
  • Khmer: ខុសគ្នា
  • Kannada: ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿರುತ್ತವೆ
  • Korean: 다르
  • Kyrgyz: айырмаланса
  • Latin: differunt
  • Luxembourgish: ënnerscheeden
  • Lao: ແຕກຕ່າງ
  • Lithuanian: skiriasi
  • Latvian: atšķiras
  • Malagasy: mitovy
  • Mari: ойыртемалтше
  • Maori: rerekē
  • Macedonian: се разликуваат
  • Malayalam: ഭിന്നത
  • Mongolian: ялгаатай
  • Marathi: भिन्न
  • Hill Mari: ойыртемалтеш
  • Malay: berbeza
  • Maltese: jvarjaw
  • Burmese: ကွဲပြားခြားနား
  • Nepali: फरक
  • Dutch: verschillen
  • Norwegian: forskjellige
  • Punjabi: ਵੱਖਰਾ ਹੈ
  • Papiamento: diferente
  • Polish: różnią się
  • Portuguese: diferem
  • Romanian: diferă
  • Russian: отличаются
  • Sinhalese: වෙනස්
  • Slovak: líšia
  • Slovenian: razlikujejo
  • Albanian: ndryshojnë
  • Serbian: разликују
  • Sundanese: beda
  • Swedish: skiljer sig
  • Swahili: tofauti
  • Tamil: வேறுபடுகின்றன
  • Telugu: విభిన్నమైన
  • Tajik: гуногун
  • Thai: แตกต่างกัน
  • Tagalog: iba
  • Turkish: farklı
  • Tatar: аерыла
  • Udmurt: висъяськоз
  • Ukrainian: відрізняються
  • Urdu: اختلاف
  • Uzbek: farq
  • Vietnamese: khác nhau
  • Xhosa: differ
  • Yiddish: אַנדערש זייַן
  • Chinese: 有所不同

Synonyms, close and similar words for differ

  • diverge
  • disagree
  • discern
  • differentiate
  • vary
  • distinguish
  • cause a stir
  • contrast
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