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# differ

verb (differ, differs, differed, differing)

«differ» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To differ means to be not the same as something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#m1)
2. To differ means to have a different opinion, to disagree: «we differ on which film is best». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#m2)

### In the lessons

tells how much two amounts are apart: «differ by 5»; in science: compare how plants or animals differ; in maths: the difference is how much two numbers differ; in everyday life: people's tastes differ, and that is fine; phrases: «differ from», «differ by», «agree to differ»

### Examples

- The two numbers differ by 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x1)
- Their heights differ by 12 cm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x2)
- How much do the prices differ? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x3)
- The two answers differ. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x4)
- How does a frog differ from a toad? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x5)
- Twins can differ in many ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x6)
- We agreed to differ about the best football team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x7)
- The weather can differ a lot from one day to the next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x8)
- We differ from you in one point only. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/#x9)

### Note

Points to a difference: bigger − smaller. Trap: «differ by 5» does not say which is bigger; read the other clues. Noun: difference; adjective: different. Past: differed (single r before -ed: differed, differing).

## In Jewish tradition

tells how much two amounts are apart: «differ by 5»; in science: compare how plants or animals differ; in maths: the difference is how much two numbers differ; in everyday life: people's tastes differ, and that is fine; phrases: «differ from», «differ by», «agree to differ»

### Examples

- Pistorii artis cabalistical scriptorum, Tom I, p. 869, sqq., differing from that of Postellus. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/differ/#x1)
- Here the view of various writers differ widely. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/differ/#x2)

### Note

Points to a difference: bigger − smaller. Trap: «differ by 5» does not say which is bigger; read the other clues. Noun: difference; adjective: different. Past: differed (single r before -ed: differed, differing).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «differ» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differ/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«differ» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/differ.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «differ» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/differ/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«differ» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/differ.html) on Mova free.