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| NOUN | 1 | difference | The quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
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| 2 | difference, deviation, divergence, departure | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm | |
| 3 | difference, dispute, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important | |
| 4 | difference | A significant change | |
| 5 | difference, remainder | The number that remains after subtraction |
| Sounds | dih'ferahns; dih'frahns |
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| Rhymes | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 264 more rhymes in ahns... |
| Meaning | The quality of being unlike or dissimilar. |
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| Examples | "there are many differences between jazz and rock" |
| Contrary | sameness |
| Broader | quality |
| Narrower | otherness, distinctness, separateness; differential; differentia; distinction; discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance; dissimilarity, unsimilarity; variety, change; inequality |
| Attributes | different |
| Adjectives | differential; different; different |
| Verbs | differentiate; differentiate; differentiate; differ; differentiate |
| Meaning | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. |
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| Synonyms | deviation, divergence, departure |
| Broader | variation, fluctuation |
| Narrower | discrepancy, variance, variant; driftage; inflection, flection, flexion |
| Verbs | differentiate; differentiate; differentiate |
| Meaning | A disagreement or argument about something important. |
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| Examples | "there were irreconcilable differences" |
| Synonyms | dispute, difference of opinion, conflict |
| Broader | disagreement |
| Narrower | collision; controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing; gap; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup |
| Verbs | differ |
| Meaning | A significant change. |
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| Examples | "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference" |
| Broader | change |
| Adjectives | differential |
| Verbs | differentiate; differentiate |
| Meaning | The number that remains after subtraction. The number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend. |
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| Synonyms | remainder |
| Broader | number |
| Narrower | balance |
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