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Dissident vs Differing - What's the difference?

dissident | differing | Synonyms |

Dissident is a synonym of differing.


As nouns the difference between dissident and differing

is that dissident is dissident while differing is difference.

As a verb differing is

.

dissident

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
  • (ecclesiastical) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

    • Related terms

    * dissenter

    differing

    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