Past tense of differ
regular verb
The past tense of differ is differed. The past participle is also differed.
Forms of differ
| Base form (V1) | differ /ˈdɪfə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | differed |
| Past participle (V3) | differed |
| Present participle | differing |
| Third person singular | differs |
Differed in a sentence
- Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands.1969, “The Pawning of Orkney and Shetland: A Reconsideration of the Events of 1460-9”, in The Scottish Historical Review, volume 48, number...
- The media have differed in their approaches to coverage of the scandal.From the entry media
- The notations used in the two books differed.From the entry notation
- Their stories differed; he said he’d been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.From the entry have
- Further, we did not observe necrotic granuloma or vasculitis, thereby, differed from Wegener's granuloma and periarteritis nodosa.2015 June 18, Hidenori Yokoi et al., “An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus…. From the entry periarteritis
Meaning of differ
- verb Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
- verb To be separated in quantity.
- verb To have diverging opinions, disagree.
Questions about the past tense of differ
- What is the past tense of differ?
- The past tense of differ is differed.
- What is the past participle of differ?
- The past participle of differ is differed.
- Is differ a regular or irregular verb?
- Differ is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
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