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Defer (verb)
To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
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Defer (verb)
After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team’s choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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Defer (verb)
To delay, to wait.
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Defer (verb)
To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
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Defer (verb)
To render, to offer.
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Differ (verb)
Not to have the same traits or characteristics.
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Differ (verb)
To have diverging opinions, disagree.
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Defer (verb)
put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone
“they deferred the decision until February”
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Defer (verb)
(of a judge) postpone (a sentence) so that the circumstances or conduct of the defendant can be further assessed
“the judge deferred sentence until 5 April for background reports”
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Defer (verb)
postpone the conscription of (someone)
“he was no longer deferred from the draft”
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Defer (verb)
submit to or acknowledge the merit of
“he deferred to Tim’s superior knowledge”
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Differ (verb)
be unlike or dissimilar
“the second set of data differed from the first”
“tastes differ, especially in cars”
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Differ (verb)
disagree
“he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters”