differ

differ
intransitive verb
1) (vary, be different) sich unterscheiden

opinions/ideas differ — die Meinungen/ Vorstellungen gehen auseinander

tastes/temperaments differ — die Geschmäcker (ugs.) / Temperamente sind verschieden

differ from somebody/something in that ... — sich von jemandem/etwas dadurch od. darin unterscheiden, dass ...

2) (disagree) anderer Meinung sein
* * *
['difə]
past tense, past participle - differed; verb
1) ((often with from) to be not like or alike: Our views differ; Her house differs from mine.) sich unterscheiden
2) (to disagree (with): I think we will have to agree to differ.) anderer Meinung sein
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dif·fer
[ˈdɪfəʳ, AM -ɚ]
vi
1. (be unlike)
▪ to \differ [from/in sth] sich akk [von/in etw dat] unterscheiden
your taste in music \differs from hers du hast einen anderen Musikgeschmack als sie
to \differ considerably/radically/significantly sich akk beträchtlich/völlig/merklich unterscheiden
2. (not agree) verschiedener Meinung sein, unterschiedliche Ansichten haben; LAW
I beg to \differ ich bin anderer Ansicht
▪ to \differ with sb anderer Meinung als jd sein
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['dɪfə(r)]
vi
1) (= be different) sich unterscheiden (from von)

tastes differ — die Geschmäcker sind verschieden

I differ from you in that ... — ich unterscheide mich von Ihnen darin, dass ...

2)

(= disagree) to differ with sb on or over sth — über etw (acc) anderer Meinung sein als jd

we differed sharply over that — darin waren wir völlig verschiedener Meinung

See:
→ agree, beg
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differ [ˈdıfə(r)] v/i
1. sich unterscheiden, verschieden sein, abweichen (alle:
from von):
we differ very much in that wir sind darin sehr verschieden;
it differs in being smaller es unterscheidet sich dadurch, dass es kleiner ist
2. auseinandergehen (Meinungen):
opinions differ on this darüber gehen die Meinungen auseinander
3. (from, with) nicht übereinstimmen (mit), anderer Meinung sein (als): → academic.ru/1231/agree">agree A 3, beg B 3
4. differieren, sich nicht einig sein (beide:
on, about, over über akk)
* * *
intransitive verb
1) (vary, be different) sich unterscheiden

opinions/ideas differ — die Meinungen/ Vorstellungen gehen auseinander

tastes/temperaments differ — die Geschmäcker (ugs.) / Temperamente sind verschieden

differ from somebody/something in that ... — sich von jemandem/etwas dadurch od. darin unterscheiden, dass ...

2) (disagree) anderer Meinung sein
* * *
(from) v.
abweichen (von) v.
sich unterscheiden (von) v.

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