Assert and Differ

verb

• State categorically.
  • synonyms: asseverate, maintain
• To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
  • usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  • synonyms: affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear
• Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.
  • usage: "Women should assert themselves more"
  • synonyms: put forward
• Assert to be true.
  • usage: "The letter asserts a free society"
  • synonyms: insist

• (v.t.) To maintain; to defend.
• (v.t.) To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
• (v.t.) To affirm; to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

verb

• Be different.
  • usage: "These two tests differ in only one respect"
• Be of different opinions.
  • usage: "I beg to differ"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
  • synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue

• (v.i.) To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.
• (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.
• (v.i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.