'Difference' definitions:
Definition of 'difference'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" [ant: sameness]
noun
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference]
noun
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" [syn: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict]
noun
A significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"
noun
The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: remainder, difference]
Definition of 'Difference'
From: GCIDE
- Difference \Dif"fer*ence\, n. [F. diff['e]rence, L. differentia.]
- 1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty? [1913 Webster]
- Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. --1 Cor. xii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy. [1913 Webster]
- What was the difference? It was a contention in public. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could. --T. Ellwood. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute. [1913 Webster]
- The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Choice; preference. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That now he chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack intelligence. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other. [1913 Webster]
- Ascensional difference. See under Ascensional.
- Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation; diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance; contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate; quarrel; wrangle; strife. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Difference'
From: GCIDE
- Difference \Dif"fer*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Differenced; p. pr. & vb. n. Differencing.] To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish. [1913 Webster]
- Thou mayest difference gods from men. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced from the meanest subject. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'difference'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrance,
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- abnormity,
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- account,
- achievement,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aggregate,
- agreement to disagree,
- alerion,
- alienation,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amorphism,
- amount,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- anomalism,
- anomalousness,
- anomaly,
- antagonism,
- apostasy,
- argent,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- asymmetry,
- azure,
- bad copy,
- bad likeness,
- balance,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- betterment,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- box score,
- break,
- broad arrow,
- cadency mark,
- camouflage,
- canton,
- capriciousness,
- cast,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- chaplet,
- character,
- characteristic,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- choppiness,
- clash,
- clashing,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- conflict,
- constructive change,
- contention,
- continuity,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- controversy,
- conversion,
- coronet,
- count,
- counter-culture,
- credit,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- cross-purposes,
- crown,
- dappleness,
- defection,
- deficit,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- derangement,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- device,
- difference of opinion,
- differencing,
- differentiate,
- differentiation,
- difficulty,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discern,
- discontinuity,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- discriminate,
- disequilibrium,
- disguise,
- disharmony,
- disorder,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- dispute,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissemblance,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissimilation,
- dissimilitude,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinguish,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dividedness,
- division,
- dropping out,
- eagle,
- eccentricity,
- epact,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- erraticism,
- escutcheon,
- extricate,
- faction,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- fitting,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- flip-flop,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- gradual change,
- griffin,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- heterogeneity,
- heteromorphism,
- honor point,
- idiosyncrasy,
- imbalance,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- improvement,
- inaccordance,
- inadequacy,
- incommensurability,
- incomparability,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconstancy,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inescutcheon,
- inferiority,
- injustice,
- instability,
- insufficiency,
- irregularity,
- jarring,
- jerkiness,
- label,
- leftovers,
- lion,
- lozenge,
- makeup,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- melioration,
- mercuriality,
- mere caricature,
- metal,
- metamorphosis,
- minority opinion,
- misunderstanding,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- monstrosity,
- motleyness,
- motto,
- mullet,
- mutability,
- nature,
- negation,
- net,
- nombril point,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- number,
- octofoil,
- odds,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- or,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- otherness,
- overbalance,
- overthrow,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- peculiarity,
- pheon,
- polarization,
- poor imitation,
- product,
- purpure,
- qualification,
- quantity,
- quarrel,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- radical change,
- raggedness,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- reckoning,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- rejection,
- remainder,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- reshaping,
- rest,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rose,
- sable,
- saltire,
- score,
- scutcheon,
- secession,
- separate,
- sever,
- severalize,
- shield,
- shift,
- shortcoming,
- spread eagle,
- strife,
- subnormality,
- subordinary,
- sudden change,
- sum,
- summation,
- superiority,
- surplus,
- switch,
- tale,
- tally,
- tenne,
- teratism,
- the bottom line,
- the story,
- the whole story,
- tincture,
- torse,
- total,
- total change,
- transformation,
- transition,
- tressure,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- unbalance,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- underground,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unharmoniousness,
- unicorn,
- unlikeness,
- unnaturalism,
- unnaturalness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unresemblance,
- unsameness,
- unsimilarity,
- unsteadiness,
- upheaval,
- vair,
- variability,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- vert,
- violent change,
- wavering,
- whole,
- withdrawal,
- worsening,
- wreath,
- x number,
- yale
Words containing 'Difference'
- Differ,
- Differed,
- Different,
- Differently,
- Differing,
- Differingly,
- Ascensional difference,
- Tabular difference,
- To make no difference,
- beg to differ,
- difference limen,
- difference of opinion,
- difference threshold,
- iron out differences,
- potential difference,
- put differently,
- split the difference,
- hear a different drummer,
- just-noticeable difference,
- rank-difference correlation,
- rank-difference correlation coefficient