differing

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Verb

differing

  1. present participle and gerund of differ

Noun

differing (plural differings)

  1. difference
    • 1983, Robert Bator, Signposts to criticism of children's literature:
      I knew nothing then of the great differings and philosophizings, the setting up and tearing down of fine lines technically and aesthetically between the two that had been going on among the devotees of each
    • 2007, Youru Wang, Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought:
      It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values

Adjective

differing (comparative more differing, superlative most differing)

  1. (formal) unlike, dissimilar, distinct; that which differs
    • 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian:
      A priority for the new pope will be to strengthen the church’s unity amid differing views and expectations within the institution and growing polarisation in the wider world.

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