Fix typo in definition of differ
Thanks: Vincent Lefevre
Closes: #875673
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
5 years ago
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23966 | 23966 | <p><q>We 'll never <qex>differ</qex> with a crowded pit.</q> <rj><qau>Rowe.</qau></rj></p> |
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23968 | <p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle.</syn> <usage>-- To <er>Differ with</er>, <er>Differ from</er>. Both <xex>differ from</xex> and <xex>aiffer with</xex> are used in reference to opinions; <as>as, <ldquo/I <ex>differ from</ex> you or <ex>with</ex> you in that opinion</as>.<rdquo/<rdquo/ In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, <xex>differ from</xex> is used; <as>as, these two persons or things <ex>differ</ex> entirely <ex>from</ex> each other</as>.</usage><br/ | |
23968 | <p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle.</syn> <usage>-- To <er>Differ with</er>, <er>Differ from</er>. Both <xex>differ from</xex> and <xex>differ with</xex> are used in reference to opinions; <as>as, <ldquo/I <ex>differ from</ex> you or <ex>with</ex> you in that opinion</as>.<rdquo/<rdquo/ In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, <xex>differ from</xex> is used; <as>as, these two persons or things <ex>differ</ex> entirely <ex>from</ex> each other</as>.</usage><br/ | |
23969 | 23969 | [<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> |
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23971 | 23971 | <p><q>Severely punished, not for <qex>differing from</qex> us in opinion, but for committing a nuisance.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/ |