differ

différer

Ne pas être pareil à une autre personne ou chose sur un ou plusieurs points.

En anglais simple : To be unlike another person or thing in one or more ways.

• The two bags differ in color.
• Prices differed greatly between the shops.
• How does your plan differ from mine?

Comment l'utiliser : differ from someone/something (This recipe differs from the one my mother uses.); differ in something (The two houses differ in size.)

Synonymes : vary, be different

Contraires : match

Expressions courantes : differ from something, differ in size, differ widely

être en désaccord, diverger

Avoir une opinion différente de celle d’une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To have an opinion that is not the same as someone else's.

• We differ on this issue.
• Her parents differed about where she should study.
• I respect your view, but I beg to differ.

Comment l'utiliser : differ with someone on/about something (I differ with you on the best way forward.); differ over something (The two leaders differed over the proposed changes.)

Synonymes : disagree

Contraires : agree

Expressions courantes : differ with someone, differ on something, beg to differ, differ from someone

différer

Être supérieur ou inférieur à une autre quantité d’un montant précis.

En anglais simple : To be greater or smaller than another amount by a particular amount.

• The numbers differ by six.
• Their ages differed by just two years.
• These temperatures differ by five degrees.

Comment l'utiliser : differ by an amount (The two estimates differ by fifty dollars.)

Contraires : equal

Expressions courantes : differ by something, differ by ten, differ by half