v.
- be unlike or dissimilar:
actual results may differ from expectations.
- disagree with someone.
Phrase
- agree to differ
amicably stop arguing because agreement will never be reached. - beg to differ
politely disagree.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. differer ‘differ, defer’, from L. different-, differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’; cf. defer1.