| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I diffract |
| you diffract |
| he/she/it diffracts |
| we diffract |
| you all diffract |
| they diffract |
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| I am diffracting |
| you are diffracting |
| he/she/it is diffracting |
| we are diffracting |
| you all are diffracting |
| they are diffracting |
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| I have diffracted |
| you have diffracted |
| he/she/it has diffracted |
| we have diffracted |
| you all have diffracted |
| they have diffracted |
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| I have been diffracting |
| you have been diffracting |
| he/she/it has been diffracting |
| we have been diffracting |
| you all have been diffracting |
| they have been diffracting |
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| Past |
| I diffracted |
| you diffracted |
| he/she/it diffracted |
| we diffracted |
| you all diffracted |
| they diffracted |
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| I was diffracting |
| you were diffracting |
| he/she/it was diffracting |
| we were diffracting |
| you all were diffracting |
| they were diffracting |
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| I had diffracted |
| you had diffracted |
| he/she/it had diffracted |
| we had diffracted |
| you all had diffracted |
| they had diffracted |
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| I had been diffracting |
| you had been diffracting |
| he/she/it had been diffracting |
| we had been diffracting |
| you all had been diffracting |
| they had been diffracting |
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| Future |
| I will diffract |
| you will diffract |
| he/she/it will diffract |
| we will diffract |
| you all will diffract |
| they will diffract |
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| I will be diffracting |
| you will be diffracting |
| he/she/it will be diffracting |
| we are diffracting |
| you all will be diffracting |
| they will be diffracting |
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| I will have diffracted |
| you will have diffracted |
| he/she/it will have diffracted |
| we will have diffracted |
| you all will have diffracted |
| they will have diffracted |
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| I will have been diffracting |
| you will have been diffracting |
| he/she/it will have been diffracting |
| we will have been diffracting |
| you all will have been diffracting |
| they will have been diffracting |
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