How do you use the word "differ" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "differ" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "differ": I beg to differ, as I disagree with your analysis of the situation. We differ from them in some respects.

Differ Meaning

/ˈdɪfə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbNot to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

verbNot to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct., To be separated in quantity.

Sentence Examples

I beg to differ, as I disagree with your analysis of the situation.

We differ from them in some respects.

Let's check why your answers differ from mine.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

disagree

Antonyms:

agree equal

CEFR Practice Quiz

Many people on the committee ____ sharply on how to spend the budget.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I beg to ____, as I disagree with your analysis of the situation.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

"Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands." — 1969, “The Pawning of Orkney and Shetland: A Reconsideration of the Events of 1460-9”, in The Scottish Historical Review, volume 48, number 145, Edinburgh University Press, →OCLC, page 35:

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