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UK
/dˈɪfɹəns/
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[ US /ˈdɪfɝəns, ˈdɪfɹəns/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪfɝəns, ˈdɪfɹəns/ ]
NOUN
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
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a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
the deviation from the mean -
a significant change
the difference in her is amazing
his support made a real difference -
a disagreement or argument about something important
there were irreconcilable differences
the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
he had a dispute with his wife -
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
there are many differences between jazz and rock
How To Use difference In A Sentence
- There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
- A few uncounted votes or a few thousand voters turned away can be the difference between a national victory or not.
- The air in this bulge then slides over the unexpanded air over the sea resulting in a pressure difference at sea level between the landward and seaward sides of the coast.
- The difference in the power of the system to absorb different substances, appropriate whatever can be utilized, and throw off whatever can not be used, is sometimes called idiosyncrasy, but more properly it may be called vital resistance, and upon the integrity of this power rests the ability to combat disease in all its forms, whether it be the absorption of any animal virus or the poison resulting from undigested food. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- There is a difference, too, between appeasing men of violence and seeking to limit their appeal, just as the leaders of global terror must be separated from those who could become their followers.
- The series is so competitive that an extra second on a pit stop or getting through traffic on the racetrack can mean the difference between finishing first or fourth.
- In the development of better asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts it is important to increase the energy difference between the transition complexes in order to obtain, as a consequence, larger enantiomeric excess. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 - Information for the Public
- differences between theory and praxis of communism
- He hadn't got quite enough money, but his aunt agreed to make up the difference.
