differ
/ˈdɪfɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.03 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When we look to the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us, is, that they generally differ much more from each other, than do the individuals of any one species or variety in a state of nature."
- "These shoes only differ from those ones in having slightly longer laces."
- "The numbers 3 and 21 differ by 18."
- "May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects"
- "Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: differren, differer, differō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɪfɚ/
- British English: /ˈdɪfə/