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differ
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be of differing/different views (=disagree)
▪ They get on well, though they are of differing views on politics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ However, the cause of the problem in a particular patient will be different, and so actual care may also differ.
▪ Dash and Alexander were as opposite as individuals as their respective choice of pseudonyms suggests, and their respective skills differed also.
▪ Architecture also differs from language in its strict observation of its own rules and conventions, and in its sense of detail.
▪ It also differs from the more numerous Forster's in having a yellow bill and white forehead.
▪ Individuals also differ in their alcohol tolerance.
▪ Yet the festivals also differ in significant ways.
▪ Pollution control work also differs in important respects from routine police patrol work.
▪ Both species differ also in their achenes and bracts.
considerably
▪ The process of care differs considerably from recommended guidelines, and the outcome of attacks is a continuing cause for concern.
▪ However, their historical development as nations has differed considerably.
▪ The above examples of culturally defined behaviour have been selected because they differ considerably from behaviour patterns in Western society.
▪ Existing intermediate agencies differ considerably, responding to quite different circumstances.
▪ The drawing of Orpheus himself also differs considerably between the two.
▪ Clearly, communes differ considerably from one another.
fundamentally
▪ Coventry, moreover, differed fundamentally from the Stour Valley.
▪ In such cases the citizens often dream of reunification, even when their governments and ideology differ fundamentally.
▪ Clements was an influential writer who developed a philosophy of ecology that differed fundamentally from the reductionism of Warming and Cowles.
greatly
▪ These histories may be similar on very large scales, but they will differ greatly on normal, everyday scales.
▪ The rural hinterland which supported the two best known cities differed greatly.
▪ In either case, the actual functioning of official institutions may differ greatly from their declared purposes.
▪ The result is that families differ greatly in their ability to express their wants in the market.
▪ Pluvinel regarded all horses as individuals, and recognised that their temperaments can differ greatly.
▪ Not only does all mankind face death, but the various peoples of the world face death in greatly differing ways.
▪ Taking a less detailed view, the patterns of discovery do not differ greatly.
▪ But the levels reported on the official water quality chart differ greatly from the results contained in the unofficial water quality analyses.
in
▪ Colugos differ in so many ways from other mammals that they thoroughly merit an order of their own.
▪ The Johnson case differs in that the Olympics are being held in the United States.
▪ Systems differ in their ability to deal with more sophisticated data such as that from precision farming.
▪ He was looking at a peaceful family group, differing in only one respect from the scenes he knew.
▪ They differ in almost half the letters in the signature site.
▪ Benzodiazepines differ in how quickly they affect sleep and how long effects last.
▪ The buff application form differed in only one important way from the half-dozen Vologsky had sent in the past.
little
▪ Hymn lists differ little from year to year and music programmes remain unadventurous.
▪ In most practical aspects heritable copyhold differed little from socage.
▪ His rooms differed little, one from another.
markedly
▪ At the time of its publication this collection of essays provoked markedly differing critical responses.
▪ But the current outing flurry differs markedly from the initial wave in 1991.
▪ There is sufficient evidence to indicate that students may differ markedly in the ways they set about learning.
▪ The Web has become an umbrella for a wide range of concepts and technologies that differ markedly in purpose and scope.
▪ In the Emmental region the loca customary laws of inheritance differed markedly from most of their neighbours.
▪ After all, they reasoned, execution by the guillotine or sword differed markedly from that dealt by the axe.
▪ In its provisions dealing with the Chancellor, the Basic Law differs markedly and consciously from its Weimar predecessor.
▪ In these respects they differ markedly from the other two parties and have a much stronger and more developed concept of citizenship.
only
▪ They differ only in the degree to which they exploit viewers' voyeuristic and sadistic urges.
▪ These assays differ only in the specific reagents used.
▪ We have already seen that two sentences differing only in respect of cognitive synonyms occupying parallel syntactic positions are in general logically equivalent.
▪ They differ only in the position of one of the methyl groups.
▪ This loco will be almost fully authentic, only differing where it is necessary to conform to modern safety practices.
▪ Non-Being and Being, issuing from a single source, differ only in their name.
▪ Both have the same content; they differ only in form.
▪ Left and right both tend to accept the existing political structure and differ only on the substance of policy and political personnel.
radically
▪ Our view of the future of elite workers differs radically from the conventional view.
▪ This differs radically from the popular image of penetrating falsehood by perception of the liar.
▪ Its content may however differ radically depending on the way in which the precise subject matter is viewed by those political theories.
▪ For most couples, circumstances will differ radically from the early days of marriage.
sharply
▪ Difficulties created by local authority boundaries, especially where policies differ sharply and where these divide built up areas are well described.
▪ But despite this similarity, local government differs sharply among the five nations.
▪ It ought to be self-evident, but perhaps is not, that schools differ sharply from each other, as do colleges.
▪ In outlook and temperament the brothers differed sharply.
▪ Veterinary historians still differ sharply about the effect his long spell in charge of the College had on the emerging profession.
significantly
▪ The article challenges the statement by the Cumbrian Area Health Authority that local leukaemia rates do not significantly differ from national rates.
▪ The individual mare basins differ significantly in composition.
▪ When this indicated a probability of less than 0.05 for the null hypothesis Student-Newman-Keuls analyses were performed to determine which values differed significantly.
▪ They reported that quality-wise, the convenience foods did not differ significantly from the home-prepared items.
▪ Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films.
▪ It did not differ significantly between groups.
▪ The lunar ratios differ significantly from those in achondritic meteorites.
▪ The fraction of cells in S phase did not differ significantly between the groups.
slightly
▪ Direct files require extensive design work, because every file and every algorithm will differ slightly from every other.
▪ In addition, the model formulation and parameter values used differ slightly between the two analyses.
▪ Payment of fees and grants Fees set by each drama school do differ slightly, though they can be considered basically similar.
▪ All were circular and closely similar in plan, although differing slightly in dimensions and details.
▪ Holidays Holiday entitlement differs slightly according to job level, age and length of service.
substantially
▪ In Ponthieu the seneschal's functions did not differ substantially from those or the seneschal of Gascony.
▪ But just about every skill in making and selling computers substantially differed from making and leasing copiers.
▪ The parallel structure differs substantially from the fold-back structure at the individual nucleotide level.
▪ Long stays on the lunar surface demand prolonged exposure to an environment differing substantially from that at the surface of Earth.
▪ The council does not have to consider a new application within two years, unless it differs substantially from the original.
▪ And the percentage who report membership differs substantially from country to country.
▪ In an introduction to the report Mr Prescott says that the need for improvement will differ substantially across the country.
▪ That process differs substantially from how the City of Tucson usually leases property.
widely
▪ Where dates differ widely from the results announcements, this is referred to in the footnotes as an alternative dividend announcement.
▪ Margarines are available at widely differing costs, with the most expensive ones being twice as costly as the least expensive ones.
▪ Dictionaries differ widely in their style and content, and this has been shown to affect recognition performance.
▪ Thus launch windows to Mars differ widely in their attractiveness.
▪ Individuals can differ widely in their scores and this makes direct comparisons between them difficult.
▪ This is the case of choosing from among mutually exclusive projects with widely differing costs.
▪ These statutes differ widely as to their aims and methods.
▪ Scholars differ widely, and will no doubt continue to do so.
■ NOUN
approach
▪ Apart from differing needs of users, indexing approaches may differ on policy grounds.
▪ But the elite and class approach differ in their conceptions of the nature of the groups and their interactions.
▪ The approach to these projects differs from the earlier generation of higher cost ventures.
country
▪ In what ways did the countries differ?
▪ Yet the social élites of different countries could differ dramatically from one another.
▪ The shock and adjustment curve followed the same pattern in all countries but the timescale differed.
degree
▪ They differ only in the degree to which they exploit viewers' voyeuristic and sadistic urges.
▪ It would differ very greatly in degree from the simple algorithm of the thermostat, but need not differ in principle.
▪ Althusser's analysis implies that the Soviet Union and capitalist societies do not differ in degrees of democracy or political freedom.
detail
▪ The episode is described by all the chroniclers and although their accounts differ in detail, the outlines are clear.
▪ The liability of the agent may be the same in both cases, but the reasons for it differ in detail.
▪ But the two structures differ completely in detail.
▪ But the economists differ on the details.
extent
▪ Countries differ however in the extent to which they wish to impose limitations.
▪ Opinions differ on the extent of his success.
▪ The particular techniques differ mainly in the extent to which they measure and value in improvements in health.
form
▪ If terms that differ in form must differ in meaning, then one should find no true synonyms.
▪ This is a very peculiar but decorative plant which in submersed form differs conspicuously from the other members of the family.
▪ The buff application form differed in only one important way from the half-dozen Vologsky had sent in the past.
group
▪ The actual results of the Group may differ materially from those illustrated.
▪ These chondrites belong to three major groups that differ in their composition.
Group norms Work groups differ from free-forming groups outside employment in that they evolve over long periods of time.
▪ He was looking at a peaceful family group, differing in only one respect from the scenes he knew.
▪ In this respect groups did not differ statistically but the adjustment is standard practice and allows a fairer comparison.
▪ Conflicts of interest among philanthropic groups originating in differing social or religious theories frustrated constructive action in certain fields.
language
▪ These serve pretty well everywhere, though languages differ in the ones they favor.
method
▪ Variation from authority averages by the two methods differed not only in size but in direction.
▪ The methods of consultants differ from company to company and from station to station.
opinion
▪ In a few instances as might be expected, opinions differ on certain aspects.
▪ Spiced a rid Flavored Cheeses Opinion differs on the merits of flavoring and spicing cheeses.
▪ There may be a complicated chain of cause and effect on which opinions will differ.
rate
▪ It is for these reasons that wage rates differ from one job to the next.
▪ The rate of planetary turnings differed, and he did not know that of Trantor.
▪ The article challenges the statement by the Cumbrian Area Health Authority that local leukaemia rates do not significantly differ from national rates.
▪ Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films.
▪ The unemployment rates did not differ significantly in these darker areas, being high for both groups.
▪ Reinfarction rates did not differ significantly between aspirin alone and aspirin plus subcutaneous heparin groups.
▪ Age specific death rates do not differ much between the non-manual social classes.
▪ The success rates for two tasks differing only in the lengths of the rod shown is again marked.
respect
▪ We have already seen that two sentences differing only in respect of cognitive synonyms occupying parallel syntactic positions are in general logically equivalent.
▪ Individuals differ with respect to the contribution of each of these variables in their development.
▪ Pollution control work also differs in important respects from routine police patrol work.
▪ Yet Cantor differed in several respects from the superstars in universities that counted Nobel laureates by the dozen.
▪ If the people and positions which make up society did not differ in important respects there would be no need for stratification.
▪ The first is that there are no systematic entailments between sentences differing only in respect of compatibles in parallel syntactic positions.
▪ He was looking at a peaceful family group, differing in only one respect from the scenes he knew.
result
▪ These results did not differ when acid output was expressed as mmol/h/kg lean body mass or mmol/h/kg fat free body weight.
▪ The result is that families differ greatly in their ability to express their wants in the market.
▪ As a result differing terms are used to describe similar products.
▪ The authors point out that their study was done in a rural area and results may differ with urban clients.
▪ Data from patients adhering fully to the protocol were also analysed, and where results differ, these are also presented.
▪ How did their results differ when they listened with one ear and with two?
▪ The results appear to differ among species.
▪ Did their one-ear results differ depending on the direction of the clap?
size
▪ The areas will differ in size.
▪ Shrimp from around the world differ in color, size, and shape.
▪ Variation from authority averages by the two methods differed not only in size but in direction.
▪ Nematode eggs differ greatly in size and shape, and the shell is of variable thickness usually consisting of three layers.
▪ Their percentages, however, differ with the size of the university.
▪ Sometimes, in a store where more than one manufacturer is stocked, dresses for the same ages differ in size.
▪ The template can be anything from a simple list of stories to a traditional newspaper layout with headlines of differing sizes.
species
▪ Different species differed in number and size of teeth and proportions of the jaws.
▪ Both species differ also in their achenes and bracts.
▪ Different fish species differ markedly in their ability to deal with different water types.
▪ The achenes of Sagittaria species differ from those of Echinodorus species by not being ribbed.
▪ In the genus Echinodorus there are distinct groups of self-fertile and self-sterile species differing in the leaf petioles.
view
▪ Their reasons for adopting this view differed somewhat, but we can take Galileo's position as not atypical.
ways
▪ In what ways did the countries differ?
▪ So in what ways do they differ?
▪ If a present-day Darwin were to agonize over his matrimonial fate in what ways might it differ from the example above?
▪ The needs of local populations, their service objectives and the most effective ways of achieving them differ between areas.
▪ But in other ways they differ very strongly.
▪ They are both 11 13, but in almost all other ways they differ.
■ VERB
agree
▪ They were tolerably happy together, as marriages seem to go, a happiness achieved partly by agreeing to differ.
▪ We might as well agree to differ and get along as well as we can.
▪ If after discussion we agree to differ, both versions will be recorded.
beg
▪ Peretti begged to differ, citing Webster's dictionary.
▪ Ken Howard might beg to differ.
▪ Well having discussed this matter with many typical users of word processors, I beg to differ.
▪ Predictably, Boston begs to differ.
▪ The publishing industry may beg to differ.
▪ The solar calendar begs to differ.
▪ Many baseball fans in Cleveland beg to differ.
▪ Many would beg to differ with his terminology.
seem
▪ More-over, the effects of imitation on performance seem to differ with respect to phonological abilities and grammatical abilities.
▪ As in the case of the concord system, constraints seem to differ between one non-standard grammar and another.
▪ Many of these areas also suffer from extremely serious soil erosion, although reports and impressions seem to differ.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I beg to differ
▪ Selling some of course. I beg to differ.
▪ Well having discussed this matter with many typical users of word processors, I beg to differ.
agree to differ/disagree
▪ An official day to, as a society, agree to disagree and celebrate our freedom to do so.
▪ If after discussion we agree to differ, both versions will be recorded.
▪ If you can't agree to disagree, then take a back seat and let others have their way on this occasion.
▪ They seemed to respect each other, and simply agreed to disagree.
▪ They were tolerably happy together, as marriages seem to go, a happiness achieved partly by agreeing to differ.
▪ We might as well agree to differ and get along as well as we can.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A lot of painkillers are basically the same, differing only in cost.
▪ All politicians agree that inflation must be beaten but they differ over methods of achieving this.
▪ Critics differed about the importance of Osborne's new play.
▪ Opinions on the subject differ greatly.
▪ People's abilities differ, but their rights and opportunities should be the same.
▪ Scholars differ widely about when the two manuscripts were written.
▪ Scottish law has always differed from English law.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ However, states differ in standards for products and the labelling thereof.
▪ Ken Howard might beg to differ.
▪ Opinions currently differ as to the effectiveness of strategies in the professional development of teachers during the last twenty years.
▪ Rather smaller and darker than Swift and Pallid Swift, differing especially in its dark throat and faster flight.
▪ The methods of consultants differ from company to company and from station to station.
▪ The results, on virtually every test, differed markedly from a control group of healthy adults.
▪ The specific symptom by which our body chooses to signal stress will differ from one individual to the next.
▪ Thus, insight into those differing views is important to your own choices.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Differ

Differ \Dif"fer\, v. t. To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.]

But something 'ts that differs thee and me.
--Cowley.

Differ

Differ \Dif"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Differed; p. pr. & vb. n. Differing.] [L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear, carry: cf. F. diff['e]rer. See 1st Bear, and cf. Defer, Delay.]

  1. To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

    One star differeth from another star in glory.
    --1 Cor. xv. 41.

    Minds differ, as rivers differ.
    --Macaulay.

  2. To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.

  3. To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.

    We 'll never differ with a crowded pit.
    --Rowe.

    Syn: To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle.

    Usage: -- To Differ with, Differ from. Both differ from and aiffer with are used in reference to opinions; as, ``I differ from you or with you in that opinion.'''' In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, differ from is used; as, these two persons or things differ entirely from each other.

    Severely punished, not for differing from us in opinion, but for committing a nuisance.
    --Macaulay.

    Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted, to differ from him.
    --M. Arnold.

    Much as I differ from him concerning an essential part of the historic basis of religion.
    --Gladstone.

    I differ with the honorable gentleman on that point.
    --Brougham.

    If the honorable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ.
    --Canning.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
differ

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).\n

\nTwo senses that were present in Latin have gone separate ways in English since c.1500 with defer (transitive) and differ (intransitive). Related: Differed; differing.

Wiktionary
differ

vb. 1 Not to have the same traits, characteristic. 2 (context people, groups, etc. English) To have diverge opinions, disagree.

WordNet
differ
  1. v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" [ant: equal]

  2. be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "differ".

How to create your yellow page advertisement The creation of a phone book advertisement differs from general display advertising.

At the top of this street, on the side farthest from the cathedral, the vast west window of which could just be seen over the gables, chimneys, and stork-nests of the opposite houses, we stopped before the common door of one of the lofty old houses, against the posts of which were attached several affiches or notices of differing forms and material.

Those of the south aisle differ from those of the north, being fewer in number and wider.

In this she rather differed from Alastor, of whom otherwise she was the female counterpart.

The molecule of estrone, for instance, differs from that of androsterone only in the presence of three double bonds and in the absence of carbon-ig.

In the case of primary verbs, the aorist and the present tense differ not only regarding the ending.

Because they travelled around, and had many different pupils, in differing circumstances, the sophists became adept at arguing different points of view, and in time this bred a scepticism about their approach.

Afghani took the view that man does not differ from the animals and could be studied like them, arguing that the fittest would survive.

Supreme Soul and the human soul do not differ, and pleasure or pain ascribable to the latter arises from its imprisonment in the body.

The black tin weighed by the vanner is supposed to correspond in quality with the black tin returned from the floors of the mine for which he is assaying, but this differs materially in different mines with the nature of the gangue.

The bladders also differ remarkably from those of the previous species, as within there are no quadrifid, only bifid, processes.

The people always differ in their response to anything that impacts the biogenic amines.

What Caamas is going to do is polarize good, honest people, all of whom genuinely want justice but differ violently as to what that justice should consist of.

I may say that the caracal differs very much from the European lynx, who, according to Tschudi, betrays his presence by horrible howlings audible at a great distance.

It arose from a different approach to rationality, much as man and cetacean differed.