DIFFERENCE
\dˈɪfɹəns], \dˈɪfɹəns], \d_ˈɪ_f_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of DIFFERENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
By Princeton University
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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"
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the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
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That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
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Choice; preference.
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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.
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The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
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To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
By Oddity Software
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Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
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That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
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Choice; preference.
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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.
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The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
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To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
By Noah Webster.
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The act or state of being unlike; distinction; controversy; quarrel.
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To distinguish between; discriminate; subtract from.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The quality distinguishing one thing from another: a contention or quarrel: the point in dispute: the excess of one quantity or number over another.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The state or quality of being unlike; that in which two things are unlike; unlikeness; distinction; discrimination.
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A disagreement; controversy; quarrel.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Want of similarity; distinction; that which distinguishes one from another; contention; quarrel; the point in dispute; the remainder after subtraction.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of differing; state of being different, discordant, or unlike;—disagreement in opinion; dissension; hence, cause of dissension; point in dispute; occasion of quarrel;—that by which one thing differs from another; characteristic quality;—the sum or amount by which one quantity differs from another; remainder after subtraction.
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State of being distinct from something; the quality by which one differs from another; the disproportion between one thing and another; dispute, debate, quarrel; distinction; point in question, ground of controversy; a logical distinction.
By Thomas Sheridan
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