Differ

dif′ėr, v.i. to be unlike, distinct, or various (used by itself, or followed by with , from , to ): to disagree (with from , with ): to fall out, dispute ( with ):— pr.p. diff′ering; pa.p. diff′ered. — ns. Diff′erence , Diff′erency ( Shak. ), di imilarity: the quality distinguishing one thing from another: a contention or quarrel: the point in dispute: the exce of one quantity or number over another: ( her. ) the modification of an achievement of arms to indicate the wearer's relation to the head of the house, as by marks of cadency.— v.t. to make a difference between things.— adj. Diff′erent , distinct: separate: unlike: not the same (with from , not to ).— n. Differen′tia ( logic ), the characteristic quality or attribute of a species.— adj. Differen′tial , creating a difference: special: ( math. ) pertaining to a quantity or difference infinitely small (see Calculus ).— adv. Differen′tially .— v.t. Differen′tiāte , to make different: to create a difference between: to cla ify as different.— v.i. to become different by specialisation: ( math. ) to obtain the differential or differential coefficient of.— n. Different iā′tion , the act of distinguishing or describing a thing by giving its differentia: exact definition: a change by which organs or structures become specialised or modified: ( math. ) the act or proce of differentiating.— adv. Diff′erently .— Differential gear , gear for communicating differential motion; Differential motion , an apparatus by which the difference of two velocities is communicated, as in the Differential screw , a combination of male and female screws; Differential thermometer , a thermometer for marking minute differences of temperature. [L. differre — dif (= dis ), apart, ferre , to bear.]