differ
Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
Verb 1 meaning
Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
“These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces.”
Noun 1 meaning
A program that diffs, a diff.
Etymology
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).
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DIFFER at a glance
DIFFER has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + F 4 + F 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,673 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with differ
All rhymes- OFFER11
- TRANSFER11
- PREFER11
- REFER8
- SUFFER12
- SAFER8
- BUFFER14
- LUCIFER12
- GOLFER10
- SURFER9
- DEFER9
- CONFER11
One letter away
- DUFFER13
- BIFFER14
- DOFFER13
- DEFFER13
- NIFFER12
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