'V from n' - Construction 16

Name: the differ from construction
Description: An entity is or becomes different from another entity.
Verbs: differ, diverge, grow apart, grow away, stand out, stick out
Example: …where the structure of your own language differs from that of the new language… (BNC)
Membership: figurative movement; equative 'from'
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Carrier1; NP2: Carrier2
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