Change and Differ

Change

Change verb - To make different in some way.

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Differ and change are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Differ" instead a verb "Change".

Differ verb - To be unlike; to not be the same.

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Change and differ are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Change" instead a verb "Differ".

body	change body	differ body
look	change look	differ look
appearance	change appearance	differ appearance
type	change type	differ type
Other words: time, bit, names, minds.

For some time, the Polish military didn't differ by much from their Western counterparts, but as Poland's attention turned eastward, so did change the ways of waging war.

Source: Useful Notes / Poles with Poleaxes
In fact, almost every sign in ASL is similar to another, and a lot of them only differ by a few centimetres (moving a finger down five or ten centimetres can completely change a meaning, for example).

Source: Either "World Domination", or Something About Bananas
Sure, his voices doesn't differ much between two characters in the same situation, but his sure can go from completely calm to yelling in the most awesome way you'll ever hear within seconds, and drastically change his voice in the process.

Source: Man of a Thousand Voices

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