What's the difference between differ and duffer?

Differ


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
  • (v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.
  • (v. i.) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
  • (2) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
  • (3) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
  • (4) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
  • (5) Age difference did not affect the mean dose-effect response.
  • (6) The prenatal risk determined by smoking pregnant woman was studied by a fetal electrocardiogram at different gestational ages.
  • (7) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
  • (8) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
  • (9) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
  • (10) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
  • (11) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
  • (12) This difference was not due to ATPase activity in the assay.
  • (13) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
  • (14) Five probes of high specificity to individual chromosomes (chromosomes 3, 11, 17, 18 and X) were hybridized in situ to metaphase chromosomes of different individuals.
  • (15) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
  • (16) For male schizophrenics, all symptom differences disappeared except one; blacks were more frequently asocial.
  • (17) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
  • (18) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
  • (19) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
  • (20) Would people feel differently about it if, for instance, it happened on Boxing Day or Christmas Eve?

Duffer


Definition:

  • (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.
  • (n.) A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They’re throwing everything they’ve got at this and, while there are bound to be a few duffers in the mix, you can bet that your mum will end up loving at least one of them.
  • (2) The West End debut of Keira Knightley will irresistibly get all the headlines and shift a lot of the tickets, though the rest of the cast of The Misanthrope – including Damian Lewis, Dominic Rowan and Tara Fitzgerald – are not exactly duffers.
  • (3) For the first time in years, the BBC has taken the contest seriously, stung by criticism from viewers and the rest of the continent that despite the UK's musical heritage it ends up entering duffers.
  • (4) Asked if the children may go on an adventurous sailing-and-camping expedition, the absent father replies, heartlessly: "Better drowned than duffers if not duffers will not drown."
  • (5) When the New York Times reporter Don Van Natta Jr played with Clinton in 2000, the duffer-in-chief simply replayed any of his stray shots, leading Van Natta to conclude that "[Clinton] followed the rules .
  • (6) Hardly anybody eats the stuff beyond a few old duffers nostalgic for the bad old days when protein was scarce, and a few ridiculous rump-imperialist uyoku.
  • (7) As a joke doing the rounds in Delhi put it, the three national-party candidates were a Duffer, a Bluffer and a Muffler.
  • (8) My hunch is that the old, badly informed duffers at the top of the BBC who took this perverse decision have yet to actually sit through Sun, Sex & Suspicious Parents .
  • (9) What says "This is my world now, you past-it old duffer" more than being tossed your child's defunct smartphone?
  • (10) Precocious rapid sleep duffers from usual one in an inclusion into the dream content the experimental situations and their emotional saturation.
  • (11) Firebrand lawyer and human rights campaigner Asma Jahangir caused a sensation by delivering a television tongue-lashing against "duffer" generals who, she said, were more interested in running wedding halls than defending their territory.
  • (12) The duffer was Rahul Gandhi; the muffler referred to third-party leader Arvind Kejriwal's habit of wrapping himself in a scarf.
  • (13) Katie Allen (@KatieAllenGdn) Carney on review post forex rigging stories: we can't come out of this with a shadow of doubt about the integrity of the Bank of England March 11, 2014 George Mudie MP, though, isn’t impressed -- accusing Carney of acting like his predecessor Sir Mervyn King by passing the buck onto other people; either the ‘old duffers’ on the Bank’s Court, or to FCA boss Martin Wheatley.
  • (14) It's good of you to put on a much more lavish show for us than you did for that old duffer, Gordo.
  • (15) Louis van Gaal is a duffer all over again after supervising three defeats in a row – the light aeroplane on duty at Anfield might soon be back here at this rate – while Tony Pulis is a genius once more for all but securing safety for his side at the most intimidating of venues.