Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8231 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

differrediffer

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 185 times in 106 works
Consistency: 98.9% (185 of 187)
Reach if approved: ~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (185 changes in 106 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 185)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… then, rest vppon this suretie, go not a stray when you may go right: differrediffer not your self to the night, when you may walke in the light.
With rule
… then, rest vppon this suretie, go not a stray when you may go right: differrediffer not your self to the night, when you may walke in the light.
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is depriued of them for euer, hee cannot haue them afterward. Augustine saith, Noli differrediffer ò homo remedia salutis tuae, quia nescis, quando anima à te repetatur: Deferre not …
With rule
… is depriued of them for euer, hee cannot haue them afterward. Augustine saith, Noli differrediffer ò homo remedia salutis tuae, quia nescis, quando anima à te repetatur: Deferre not …
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that S. James and Marke doe speake of annoynting, for their annoynting did muche differrediffer from this, and was neuer instituted by Christe or hys Apostles, but deuised by …
With rule
… that S. James and Marke doe speake of annoynting, for their annoynting did muche differrediffer from this, and was neuer instituted by Christe or hys Apostles, but deuised by …
Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
Semper nocuit differrediffer, paratis. Ouid.
With rule
Semper nocuit differrediffer, paratis. Ouid.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Jews, which De Dieu quotes out of Hillell, Noli dicere, donec vacabit mihi, differrediffer ſtudium Legis, fortaſſe non vacabit: and it was good counſel he gave his Scholar …
With rule
… the Jews, which De Dieu quotes out of Hillell, Noli dicere, donec vacabit mihi, differrediffer ſtudium Legis, fortaſſe non vacabit: and it was good counſel he gave his Scholar …
John Frost · Sermons Preached Upon Sundry Occasions · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… subiect vnto during the whole time of his regiment, and therefore gaue charge to differrediffer so good a worke till the dayes of tranquilitie and peace, wherein it might …
With rule
… subiect vnto during the whole time of his regiment, and therefore gaue charge to differrediffer so good a worke till the dayes of tranquilitie and peace, wherein it might …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… slea the eater, the other feedeth and nourysheth him. Finally, let hym not … and differrediffer the doing of his office, but let hym do his dutie whan tyme is …
With rule
… slea the eater, the other feedeth and nourysheth him. Finally, let hym not … and differrediffer the doing of his office, but let hym do his dutie whan tyme is …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preſume. Our ſafeſt way ſhall be to riſe at the firſt call; if we differrediffer our obedience till the ſecond call, we may be prevēted. Then may God haue …
With rule
… preſume. Our ſafeſt way ſhall be to riſe at the firſt call; if we differrediffer our obedience till the ſecond call, we may be prevēted. Then may God haue …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
DifferreDiffer homini est tardissimum omne quod placet.
With rule
DifferreDiffer homini est tardissimum omne quod placet.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 87 · Open in the reader