differed
USDIF-urd/ˈdɪfɚd/UKDIF-uhd/ˈdɪfəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of differ.
The witnesses' accounts differed sharply on what happened that night.
Test results differed depending on the temperature in the room.
Note
One spelling does double duty here: in the witnesses differed it is the simple past and stands alone, while in their accounts have differed it is the participle after have. Every verb meaning of differ is intransitive: being unalike, being apart in quantity, disagreeing. So the participle builds perfects but never passives. Nothing is ever "differed" by someone, and no direct object follows it.
differed is a form of differ
differ, verb: To be unlike or distinct from something else in qualities, traits, or characteristics. Full entry
- Spelling
- differ → differed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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