How to Use differ in a Sentence

differ

verb
  • The two schools differ in their approach to discipline.
  • Read on to see how — and where the movie differs from the show.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2024
  • The House and Senate differed, though, on how much to set aside for the plan.
    — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • No one foot is the same (even your two feet may differ!).
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Out on the streets of Paris, there are differing views on the matter.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Elon Musk would beg to differ on the value that E.S.G. adds.
    — New York Times, 18 June 2022
  • How do neck creams differ from creams that go on your face?
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, those are just five of my own favorites, and tastes do differ.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • How does your preparation differ for a movie that’s set in the present day?
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • So how does the Sarver case differ from the Sterling case?
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The forgeries were very crude: in one case, the check number differed on the same piece of paper.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 June 2024
  • For those who say black is not a color, these street stylers would beg to differ.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Never-Trumpers also differ in what the phrase means to them.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The Roberts trustees and Buckner differ over the reasons why the gate was installed.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The ranking of which project rises highest doesn’t differ from one list to the next.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The dire wolf genome likely differs from that of the gray wolf in millions or tens of millions of ways.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • How does that sound differ from those of the former giants?
    — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • How does your day-to-day style differ from outfits for the red carpet or on tour?
    — Megan Armstrong, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • One of the starkest ways the candidates differ is how each views the role of policing.
    — Katie Licari, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Whey protein powders differ based on the way they are made.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But its impact is likely to differ from place to place.
    — Carl Zimmer, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The 4th and 5th, though, hold challenges around differing views.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 June 2023
  • If the two were tested on the same day, the finishing order might differ.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • About 100 countries have de minimis thresholds; the amounts differ around the world.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The House version of the bill has some differing language from the Senate version.
    — Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Where the two models differ, though, is their movements.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 June 2022
  • Inside the cup, the glaze coats a rough-hewn interior that differs from cup to cup.
    — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Planets can differ from the swirling envelopes of gas and dust from which they are born, astronomers have found.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The monikers will not carry a plus sign or any other designation that suggest the product differs from what’s on TV, and that’s by design.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • The team once again computed how long particles stayed in each square and how much the numbers associated with adjacent squares might differ.
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2025

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