DIFFERS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

differs

verb

present tense third-person singular of differ

as in contrasts

to be unlike; to not be the same my brother and I differ markedly in the way we handle money

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as in disagrees

to have a different opinion after much arguing, we simply have agreed to differ about the issue

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Recent Examples of differs Crochet missed the initial wins due to his routine, which differs significantly from those of active players. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026 Memory is another area where Vera differs from conventional server CPUs. — Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Each person’s light-dark exposure also differs depending on habits and location, which makes timing the biological clock difficult to measure precisely. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026 The new album differs significantly from 2020’s Fall to Pieces, Tricky’s last album under his own name. — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026 Municipal policing requires a level of training in patrol skills and enforcement techniques that differs substantially from the training provided to federal ICE Agents. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026 The first, called GIFT-REJECT, keeps alternative CAD programs that generate the correct geometry even if the code differs from the original reference solution. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026 There is another category of bread, known as fake or faux sourdough, also referred to as sourfaux, that is often labeled as sourdough but differs from the real thing in several important ways. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026 The amount of time the shoes take to reach a full charge differs from one pair of shoes to another. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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Shot in 2022 but set in the 1970s, the warmth of Mei’s projector light contrasts with the white LED lights from passing cars, a temporally porous mise-en-scène that Warnick exploits throughout his film.

— Dylan Adamson, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
This success contrasts sharply with the struggling Mets, despite both being NYC franchises with passionate fans.

— Robert Reiss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026