differ

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfə/
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• General-American: /ˈdɪfɚ/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɪfə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH1 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English diff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English differ From diff + -er.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Old French differerbor. Middle English differren English differ 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.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa) — not to have the same characteristics
• Bulgarian: различа́вам се (različávam se) — not to have the same characteristics
• Catalan: diferir — not to have the same characteristics
• Chinese Mandarin: 不同 (bùtóng) — not to have the same characteristics
• Chinese Mandarin: 差別 /差别 (chābié) — not to have the same characteristics
• Chinese Mandarin: 不一樣 /不一样 (bù yīyàng) — not to have the same characteristics
• Czech: lišit se — not to have the same characteristics
• Danish: være forskellig (e) — not to have the same characteristics
• Dutch: verschillen — not to have the same characteristics
• Dutch: afwijken — not to have the same characteristics
• Dutch: schelen — not to have the same characteristics
• Esperanto: malsimili — not to have the same characteristics
• Esperanto: diferenci — not to have the same characteristics
• Finnish: erota — not to have the same characteristics
• French: différer — not to have the same characteristics
• West-Frisian: ferskille — not to have the same characteristics
• Galician: diferir — not to have the same characteristics
• German: sich unterscheiden — not to have the same characteristics
• German: abweichen — not to have the same characteristics
• German: differieren — not to have the same characteristics
• German: verschieden sein — not to have the same characteristics
• German: nicht übereinstimmen — not to have the same characteristics
• Greek: διαφέρω (diaféro) — not to have the same characteristics
• Ancient Greek: διαφέρω (diaphérō) — not to have the same characteristics
• Hungarian: különbözik — not to have the same characteristics
• Ido: diferar — not to have the same characteristics
• Indonesian: beda — not to have the same characteristics
• Indonesian: berbeda — not to have the same characteristics
• Indonesian: berlainan — not to have the same characteristics
• Italian: differire — not to have the same characteristics
• Italian: essere differente — not to have the same characteristics
• Italian: essere diverso — not to have the same characteristics
• Japanese: 異なる (kotonaru) — not to have the same characteristics
• Japanese: 違う (chigau) — not to have the same characteristics
• Korean: 다르다 (dareuda) — not to have the same characteristics
• Latin: differō — not to have the same characteristics
• Māori: horo — not to have the same characteristics
• Middle English: differren — not to have the same characteristics
• Polish: różnić się — not to have the same characteristics
• Portuguese: diferir — not to have the same characteristics
• Russian: отлича́ться (otličátʹsja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Russian: отличи́ться (otličítʹsja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Russian: различа́ться (različátʹsja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Russian: различи́ться (različítʹsja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Serbo-Croatian: razlikovati se — not to have the same characteristics
• Spanish: diferir — not to have the same characteristics
• Spanish: diferecer — not to have the same characteristics
• Spanish: distar — not to have the same characteristics
• Swedish: vara olik (a) — not to have the same characteristics
• Swedish: skilja sig åt — not to have the same characteristics
• Swedish: avvika — not to have the same characteristics
• Tamil: வேறுபடு (vēṟupaṭu) — not to have the same characteristics
• Ukrainian: відрізня́тися (vidriznjátysja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Ukrainian: різни́тися (riznýtysja) — not to have the same characteristics
• Vietnamese: khác — not to have the same characteristics
• Vietnamese: không giống — not to have the same characteristics
• Arabic: اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Bulgarian: не съм съгласен (ne sǎm sǎglasen) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Chinese Mandarin: 异议 (yì yì) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukhitalifiana — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Danish: være uenig (e) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Dutch: verschillen — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• French: différer — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Galician: diverxer — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: unterschiedlicher Meinung sein — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: sich uneinig sein — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: streiten — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: verschiedener Meinung sein — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: anderer Meinung sein — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• German: uneinig werden — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Greek: διαφέρω (diaféro) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Ancient Greek: διαφέρω (diaphérō) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Ido: diferar — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Polish: nie zgadzać się — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Polish: mieć inne zdanie — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Portuguese: divergir — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Russian: расходи́ться во мне́ниях (rasxodítʹsja vo mnénijax) — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Spanish: diferir — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Swahili: kukhitalifiana — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Swedish: ha en avvikande uppfattning — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Swedish: tycka annorlunda — to have diverging opinions, disagree
• Swedish: vara av en annan mening — to have diverging opinions, disagree