different between differ vs digger

English

Etymology

From Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differ? (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + fer? (“carry, bear”). Compare Ancient Greek ??????? (diaphér?). Doublet of defer (etymology 1).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?f?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?f?/
• Rhymes: -?f?(r)
• Hyphenation: dif?fer

Verb

differ (third-person singular simple present differs, present participle differing, simple past and past participle differed)

1. (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:differ

2. (intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
   • May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration

     I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects

3. (intransitive) To be separated in quantity.

Derived terms

• agree to differ
• beg to differ

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• differ in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• differ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• riffed

Latin

Verb

differ

1. second-person singular present active imperative of differ?

English

Etymology

dig +? -er. In the sense of "Australian soldier" Attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???/
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Noun

digger (plural diggers)

1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches; an excavator.
2. A tool for digging.
3. A spade (playing card).
4. One who digs.
   • 2005, Gary R. Sampson, Dick Wolfsie, Dog Dilemmas: Simple Solutions to Everyday Problems, page 130,

     Most retrievers are not inveterate diggers — that?s a trait usually reserved for other breeds like wire-haired terriers and schnauzers.

5. (Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
6. (Australia, dated) An informal nickname for a friend; used as a term of endearment.
7. (Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.
   • 2002, Jeff Doyle, Jeffrey Grey, Peter Pierce, Australia's Vietnam War, page xxiii,

     For many, the congruencies of the Anzac legend and the diggers who served in Vietnam were slight, too slight, and the legend seemed unable to accommodate them.

   • 2004, Lisanne Gibson, Joanna Besley, Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural Landscape, page 99,

     Like many other Queensland communities, the workers from the North Ipswich Railway Workshops chose a statue of a soldier, or digger, to honour their fellow workers.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• rigged

Yola

Noun

digger

1. Alternative form of dig