DIFFER

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from. One star differeth from another star in glory. 1 Cor. xv. 41. Minds differ, as rivers differ. Macaulay.

2.
v.

To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.

3.
v.

To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend. We 'll never differ with a crowded pit. Rowe.

4.
v.

To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.] But something 'ts that differs thee and me. Cowley.