Other Definitions
difference (enc)
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Difference| Noun | 1. | difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare differential - a quality that differentiates between similar things differentia - distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) distinction - a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead" variety, change - a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" inequality - lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor" sameness - the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together" | | | 2. | difference - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"driftage - the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting | | | 3. | difference - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing collision - a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests" | | | 4. | difference - a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"change - a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage" | | | 5. | difference - the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuendbalance - the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account number - a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" | |
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