different between differ vs doffer

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

doff +? -er

Noun

doffer (plural doffers)

1. (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Derived terms

• doffer shaft
• ring doffer

Related terms

• doffing comb

References

Anagrams

• fforde, offer'd, offred

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.f?r/
• Hyphenation: dof?fer
• Rhymes: -?f?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch duvers, duve (“dove, pigeon”).

Noun

doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

1. male dove, a cock pigeon

   Synonyms: duiver, mannetjesduif

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

doffer

1. Comparative form of dof