differ
dif·fer (dĭfʹər)intr.v. dif·fered, dif·fer·ing, dif·fers 1. To be dissimilar or unlike in nature, quality, amount, or form: Ambition differs from greed. 2. To be of a different opinion; disagree: The critic differed with the author on several facts. 3. Obsolete. To quarrel; dispute. [Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differre, to differ, delay : dis-, apart; see dis- + ferre, to carry; See bher-1 in Indo-European Roots.] Synonyms: differ, disagree, vary These verbs mean to be unlike or dissimilar: Birds differ from mammals. Their testimony disagreed on several points. People vary in intelligence. Antonyms: agree
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