Turn syntax off only for current buffer/window?

Question

Is there a way to turn off syntax for only the current buffer/split windows? like for example, you can set map <buffer> or setlocal. Is there something similar for the syntax option ?
I use the :diffsplit command in vim quite a bit, for which I prefer to disable syntax and but this turns off highlighting for all buffers. I am using the following settings :
" turn off syntax when started from terminal
if &diff 
    syntax off
endif 
" turn off syntax when started from inside vim 
au OptionSet diff syntax off

Matt · Answer

Buffers and windows are different things.
To clear syntax for a particular buffer you can set the syntax option to empty string (or even simply do :syntax clear which should be the same for most purposes).
To clear syntax in a particular window you could use :ownsyntax off.

Turn syntax off only for current buffer/window?

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