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Differ   /dˈɪfər/   Listen
Differ

verb
(past & past part. differed; pres. part. differing)
1.
Be different.
2.
Be of different opinions.  Synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue.  "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"



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"Differ" Quotes from Famous Books



... fills every mind present here. Is it not better that we give it utterance? I need the sympathy and the counsel of those who love me. But I ask not only for the opinions of those who agree with me, but as sincerely for those of such as may differ from me. You know me well in this, that I refuse not to hearken to reasons, the strongest that can be devised, although they oppose my own settled judgment. Upon an occasion like this it would ill ...
— Zenobia - or, The Fall of Palmyra • William Ware

... and consequently can get a better "hold," and produce more propulsive force than one of the same size revolving in the air. This necessitates the aerial propellers being much larger than those employed for marine purposes. Up to this point all aviators agree, but as to the best form most of them differ. ...
— Flying Machines - Construction and Operation • W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

... differ in this respect from life? Might we not say that voluntary attention is eliminated from the sphere of art and that the audience is necessarily following the lead of an attention which receives all its cues from the work ...
— The Photoplay - A Psychological Study • Hugo Muensterberg

... as affording the best materials for an effectual resistance. A Carpenter, with equal energy, proposed timber, as providing a preferable method of defense. Upon which a Currier stood up, and said: "Sirs, I differ from you altogether; there is no material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and ...
— Aesop's Fables - A New Revised Version From Original Sources • Aesop

... three copies none is the direct ancestor of any other. LU and YBL are from a common source, though the latter MS. is from an older copy; LL is independent. The two types differ entirely in aim and method. The writers of LU and YBL aimed at accuracy; the Leinster man, at presenting an intelligible version. Hence, where the two former reproduce obscurities and corruptions, the latter omits, paraphrases, or expands. The unfortunate result is that ...
— The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) • Unknown


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