ALL meanings of difference
dif·fer·ence
D d - noun difference the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two. 1
- noun difference an instance or point of unlikeness or dissimilarity: What accounts for the differences in their behavior? 1
- noun difference a significant change in or effect on a situation: His tact makes a difference in the way people accept his suggestions. 1
- noun difference a distinguishing characteristic; distinctive quality, feature, etc.: The difference in the two products is quality. 1
- noun difference the degree to which one person or thing differs from another. 1
- noun difference the act of distinguishing; discrimination; distinction. 1
- noun difference a disagreement in opinion. 1
- noun difference a dispute or quarrel. 1
- noun difference Also called finite distance. Mathematics. the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another. relative complement. (of a function f) an expression of the form f (x + h) − f (x). 1
- noun difference a differentia. 1
- verb with object difference to cause or constitute a difference in or between; make different. 1
- verb with object difference to perceive the difference in or between; discriminate. 1
- idioms difference split the difference, to compromise, especially to make equal concessions. to divide the remainder equally: Let's take half of the cake and let the three of them split the difference. 1
- noun difference what is not the same 1
- abbreviation DIFFERENCE disagreement 1
- noun difference math: remainder 1
- noun difference variation, discrepancy 1
- noun difference A point or way in which people or things are not the same. 1
- countable noun difference The difference between two things is the way in which they are unlike each other. 0
- singular noun difference A difference between two quantities is the amount by which one quantity is less than the other. 0
- countable noun difference If people have their differences about something, they disagree about it. 0
- noun difference the state or quality of being unlike 0
- noun difference a specific instance of being unlike 0
- noun difference a distinguishing mark or feature 0
- noun difference a significant change in a situation 0
- noun difference a disagreement or argument 0
- noun difference a degree of distinctness, as between two people or things 0
- noun difference the result of the subtraction of one number, quantity, etc, from another 0
- noun difference the single number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend; remainder 0
- noun difference an addition to the arms of a family to represent a younger branch 0
- verb difference to distinguish 0
- verb difference to add a charge to (arms) to differentiate a branch of a family 0
- noun difference condition, quality, fact, or instance of being different 0
- noun difference the way in which people or things are different; esp., a determining point or factor that makes for a distinct change or contrast 0
- noun difference the state of holding a differing opinion; disagreement 0
- noun difference the point at issue; point of disagreement 0
- noun difference a dispute; quarrel 0
- noun difference a discrimination or distinction in preference 0
- noun difference a significant effect on or change in a situation 0
- noun difference the amount by which one quantity differs from another; remainder left after subtraction 0
- verb transitive difference to distinguish as or make different 0
- noun difference (Uncountable Noun) The quality of being different. 0
- noun difference (Countable Noun) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else. 0
- noun difference (Countable Noun) A disagreement or argument. 0
- noun difference (Countable Noun) NU Significant change in or effect on a situation or state. 0
- noun difference (Countable Noun) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result. 0
- noun difference (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Choice; preference. 0
- noun difference (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency. 0
- noun difference (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia. 0
- noun difference (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (). 0