Differ vs Diffed - What's the difference?
differ | diffed |
Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
To have diverging opinions, disagree.
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(diff)
(slang)
(computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
(computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file.
* 2004 , , Great Hackers ,
(medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(slang)
(rock climbing) A difficult route.
(computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
(computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
(computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
As verbs the difference between differ and diffed
is that differ is not to have the same traits, characteristics while diffed is past tense of diff.differ
English
Verb
(en verb)- If the honourable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ.
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English
Verb
(head)diff
English
Noun
(en noun)- A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
Essay:
- I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs .