Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

    These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.

    sich unterscheiden, abweichen, differieren

    отлича́тьсяotličátʹsja, отличи́тьсяotličítʹsja, различа́тьсяrazličátʹsja

    відрізня́тисяvidriznjátysja, різни́тисяriznýtysja

  2. Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

    (intransitive)To be separated in quantity.

    The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18.

  3. (intransitive, usually)To have diverging opinions, disagree.

    May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects

    unterschiedlicher Meinung sein, sich uneinig sein, streiten

    расходи́ться во мне́нияхrasxodítʹsja vo mnénijax

    be of different opinions

Examples

188 sentences
  1. My opinion differs from yours.

    Моя думка відрізняється від твоєї.

    ruМоё мнение отличается от твоего.

    deMeine Meinung unterscheidet sich von deiner.

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  2. I beg to differ.

    Дозвольте не погодитися.

    ruПозвольте с вами не согласиться.

    deIch bin anderer Meinung.

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  3. I would beg to differ.

    Я дозволю собі не погодитися.

    ruЯ бы позволил себе не согласиться.

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  4. My tastes differ greatly from yours.

    ruМои вкусы сильно отличаются от твоих.

    deMein Geschmack unterscheidet sich stark von deinem.

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  5. These hand-made articles differ in quality.

    ruЭти сделанные вручную предметы отличаются по качеству.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not to have the same characteristics:
Русский
By meaning 2
not to have the same characteristics:
to have diverging opinions, disagree:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not to have the same characteristics:
to have diverging opinions, disagree:

Origin

From Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart,

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.

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Forms

differs, differing, differed, differed
Base formdiffer · to differ
3rd person singulardiffers
Present participlediffering
Past simplediffered
Past participlediffered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiffer
he, she, itdiffers

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiffered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave differed
he, she, ithas differed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill differ

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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