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English Dictionary: difference	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for difference
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
difference n the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" Antonym(s): sameness a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" Synonym(s): deviation, divergence, departure, difference 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" Synonym(s): dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference" the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend Synonym(s): remainder, difference
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Difference \Dif"ference\, n. [F. diff[82]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? Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. --1 Cor. xii. 5. 2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy. What was the difference? It was a contention in public. --Shak. Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could. --T. Ellwood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Difference \Dif"ference\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Differenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Differencing}.] To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish. Thou mayest difference* gods from men. --Chapman. Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced from the meanest subject. --Milton. So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. --Sir W. Scott.