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[ verb ] be different

Examples

"These two tests differ in only one respect"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Certain pianistic traits are common to all five Schnabelian renditions , most notably the `` Schnabel trill '' ( which differs from the conventional trill in_that the two notes are struck simultaneously ) .

From the technical standpoint , records differ from live music to the degree that they fail to convey the true color , texture , complexity , range , intensity , pulse , and pitch of the original .

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

Following observation of the fact that the reaction rates of supposedly identical reaction mixtures prepared on the same filling manifold and exposed under identical conditions often differed by several hundred per_cent , a systematic series of experiments was undertaken to see whether the difficulty could be ascribed to the method of preparing the chlorine , to the effects of oxygen or moisture or to the effect of surface to volume ratio in the reaction tubes .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

The bronchial_artery in its course and distribution differs somewhat from that found in other mammals .

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH , or is , alternatively , normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some other blood constituent , cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible_for the blood activity with pituitary TSH .

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[ verb ] be of different opinions

Examples

"I beg to differ!" "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

Used in print

(Clarence Streit, "How the Civil War Kept You Sovereign"...)

They differed in the balance they believed essential to the sovereignty of the citizen - but the supreme sacrifice each made served to maintain a still more fundamental truth : That individual life , liberty and happiness depend_on a right balance between the two - and on the limitation of sovereignty , in_all its aspects , which this involves .

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