differverb [ I ]
uk/ˈdɪf.ər/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ/B2 to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way:
The twins look alike, but they differ in temperament.
His views differ considerably from those of his parents.
The findings of the various studies differ significantly/markedly/radically.
The incidence of the illness differs greatly between men and women.
formal to disagree:
Economists differ on the cause of inflation.
I beg to differ with you on that point.
More examples
- Eye-witness accounts of the fighting differ markedly from police reports of what happened.
- The three birds differ in small features (see Plate 4).
- It's essentially a dictionary but it differs in one or two respects.
- This proposal differs from the last one in many important respects.
- The dispute is based on two widely differing interpretations of the law.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being and appearing different
- another
- be a far cry from sth idiom
- be another matter/thing idiom
- be another/a different kettle of fish idiom
- be far removed from sth idiom
- buck
- clash
- conflict
- contrast
- depart
- depart from sth
- deviate
- differentiate
- fish
- flow
- polymorphous
- rebrand
- rebranding
- remove
- set sth/sb apart
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