differ

Other forms of differ

past tense

differred·

present participle

differring·

third person

differs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about differ

What does differ mean?

differ means "be different". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in differ?

differ has 2 syllables: dif-fer. The stress falls on "dif". In IPA it is /ˈdɪfɚ/.

What is another word for differ?

Close synonyms include disagree, dissent, take issue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of differ?

The recorded antonyms are equal.

Is differ a common word?

differ is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.