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Definition: DIFFERED |
DIFFEREDImperative & past participle1. Of Differ |
Date "DIFFERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Crosswords: DIFFERED |
| English words defined with "DIFFERED": Bockland ♦ significantly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DIFFERED": Acreage Reduction Program ♦ BCPL ♦ Differ among themselves, differed copy ♦ Mandatory price reporting ♦ TK-90X. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Figure 5. Aime' minimum temperature recording thermometer presented to the Academy of Sciences in Paris in 1844 and described by Aime' in 1845. This instrument differed little from the preceding but at a small point where the fluid enters into the reservoir. This is a reproduction by Negretti and Zambra in 1913. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 61. Nansen magnifying glass for reading thermometers. This magnifying glass was described in Plate 2, image ship4353. This magnifying glass differed little from that devised by Richter. This type of glass was commercialized about 1914. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 17. Bottles for preserving water samples for the study of dissolved oxygen. Methods used for preserving water for oxygen samples differed significantly from those used for preserving salinity samples. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Off Houghton, Washington, on 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning. She was completed with three 5"/38 guns, including an open mount on her fantail. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax. Note that the port side of this scheme, shown here, differed greatly from the starboard side. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | It is easy to conceive, that in the infancy of governments, when commonwealths differed little from families in number of people, they differed from them too but little in number of laws: and the governors, being as the fathers of them, watching over them for their good, the government was almost all prerogative. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The researchers were unable to resolve whether the risk associated with estrogen and progestin differed from the risk from using estrogen alone. (references) | |
While a consensus was initially achieved by the entire panel at the end of the consensus conference, two of the twelve panel members subsequently differed on specific issues in the draft document in the weeks that followed and, ultimately, did not agree entirely with the majority statement. (references) | ||
Broader assessment of the costs of a voluntary, broad-based prenatal screening program depends on variables such as the number of individuals deciding to participate in the test, the incidence of CF carriers in the population involved, the testing method (e.g., sequential or couple-based), the proportion of couples with an affected fetus who choose to terminate the pregnancy, and the number of children the couples wish to have. Although assumptions about these variables differed, studies showed that the cost per identified CF fetus averted ranged from $250,000 to $1,250,000 for a Caucasian population of Northern European ancestry. (references) | ||
Business | So, while interviewees generally agreed that the figures reported by the U.S. Dept of Commerce for 1995 through 1997 were accurate (see Table 1), they differed on just how much damage the economic crisis did to the environmental market. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | The works of several writers, poets, and historians were placed on a blacklist because their portrayal of Turkmen history differed from that of the Government. (references) |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | Thus far, the SFPA's performance has not differed greatly from that of its predecessors. (references) |
South Africa | Governmental interest in promoting the interests of historically disadvantaged groups has, however, differed across ministries. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yugoslavia | The new law significantly differed from the previous Socialist law by giving more power to employers and diminishing the rights of employees. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | When we have differed with the Soviet Union, or other nations, for that matter, I have tried to differ quietly and with courtesy, and without venom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "DIFFERED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 84.23% of the time. "DIFFERED" is used about 317 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 84.23% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 15.46% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 317 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DIFFERED": differed copy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "DIFFERED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 不同 (Differ, Different, Differing, Diverse, unlike). (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | midlertidigt lagret kopi (differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | uitgestelde kopie (differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | väliaikainen kopio (differed copy), muutettava kopio (differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | copie différée (differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | wich ab. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | προσωρινό αντίγραφο (differed copy), προσωρινή αποθήκευση (buffering, differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | copia differita (differed copy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 틀리" (mistaken). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ifferedday diferido (deferred). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"DIFFERED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Daffarra, defered, deffered, diferet, diferred, differen, differend, differet, differre, differred. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DIFFERED" (pronounced di"ferd) |
| 3 | -f er d | buffered, deciphered, offered, Oxford, proffered, reoffered, suffered, Telford. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-f-f-i-r" | |
-2 letters: defied, defier, deride, differ, reffed, riffed. | |
-3 letters: defer, dreed, dried, eider, fifed, fifer, fired, freed, fried, reded, redid, refed. | |
-4 letters: deed, deer, defi, dere, died, dire, dree, eide, feed, fere, fief, fife, fire, free, ired, redd, rede, reed, reef, reif, ride, rife, riff. | |
-5 letters: dee, did, die, eff, ere, fed, fee, fer, fid, fie. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-f-f-i-r" | |
+3 letters: differenced. | |
+5 letters: interdiffused. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 46 46 45 52 45 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ..-. ..-. . .-. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01000110 01000110 01000101 01010010 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I F F E R E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0046 0046 0045 0052 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3843404039523938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; |
