difference

Plural: differences

Noun

• the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  • "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
• a disagreement or argument about something important
  • "there were irreconcilable differences"
• a significant change
  • "the difference in her is amazing"
  • "his support made a real difference"
• the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
• The quality of being different.
• A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
• A disagreement or argument.
• Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
• The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
• Choice; preference.
• An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
• The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
• A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
• The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).

Verb

• To distinguish or differentiate.

Examples

• It just won't make much difference to me.
• It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.
• The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
• There are three differences between these two pictures.
• We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
• You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.

Synonyms

conflict, departure, deviation, difference of opinion, dispute, divergence, remainder, difference, differentiate, disparity, dissension, distinguish, diversity, nevermind

Antonyms

sameness, identity

Related Words

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