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Differ vs Differing - What's the difference?

differ | differing |

As verbs the difference between differ and differing

is that differ is not to have the same traits, characteristics while differing is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun differing is

difference.

differ

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
  • To have diverging opinions, disagree.
  • * Canning
    • If the honourable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ.

    Related terms

    * different * difference * differential * differentiate * differentiation * agree to differ * beg to differ

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    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • difference
  • * 1983 , Robert Bator, Signposts to criticism of children's literature
    • I knew nothing then of the great differings and philosophizings, the setting up and tearing down of fine lines technically and aesthetically between the two that had been going on among the devotees of each
  • * 2007 , Youru Wang, Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought
    • It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values