Difference

Noun

 * 1)  The quality of being different.
 * You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
 * 1)  A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
 * There are three differences between these two pictures.
 * 1)  A disagreement or argument.
 * 2)  Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
 * It just won't make much difference to me.
 * it just won't make much of a difference to anyone.
 * 1) * 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
 * The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces--meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.
 * 1)  The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

Verb

 * 1)   To distinguish or differentiate.

Adjectives for Difference
sharp; marked; acute; honest; conscientious; noticeable; perceptible; decided; evident; inconsequent; infinitesimal; scant slight; petty; racial; psychological; mental religious; matrimonial; grave; insuperable subtle; bitter; radical; simulated; conceded; actual; essential; utmost; striking; outstanding; profound; vast; appreciable; noteworthy; tremendous; palpable; calm; assignable;  important;  fresh;  material; vital; sad; qualitative; pathetic; supreme; happy; minute; amazing; factional; original; significant; indefinable;  supposed superficial; magical; tribal; fundamental irrepressible;  deep-seated;  philosophical irreconcilable; prodigious; intrinsic; temporary; structural.

Verbs for Difference
acquaint with—; appreciate—; bury—s; cancel—; compensate for—; correlate with —s; debate—; define—; determine—; discern—; discuss—; dread—; expose—; illustrate—; master—; notice—; obliterate—; observe—; reconcile—s; rest—s; settle—; smooth out—; —appears; —arise; —estrange; —flare up; —prevents.

Synonyms for Difference
noun
 * departure, deviation, divergence
 * conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
 * remainder
 * nevermind
 * separation, disagreement, dissent, discord, distinction, variety, estrangement, deviation, inequality, dissimilarity, variation, inequality, disparity, unlikeness, discrepancy, discrimination, diversity.

verb
 * differentiate, distinguish

Antonyms for Difference
noun
 * identity, sameness
 * agreement, similarity, consent, assent, concurrence, accord, harmony, amity, uniformity, unity, congruity.

Derived terms

 * distinction without a difference
 * creative differences
 * difference engine
 * difference equation


 * difference of two squares
 * goal difference
 * same difference
 * split the difference


 * spot the difference
 * tell the difference

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

Etymology
From < From  difference: <  differentia: < differens:, present participle of differro:

Noun

 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 差別, 差别
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malsameco, diferenco
 * Ewe: vovototo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Andersartigkeit, Anderssein
 * Hebrew: שוני (shoni) ,
 * Hindi: फ़र्क़
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Persian: فرق
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: diferență
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: caochladh, diofar
 * Slovene: različnost
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: avvikelse, differens, skillnad, olikhet
 * Telugu: భేదము (bhaedamu)
 * Turkish: fark, ayrım
 * Urdu: فرق
 * Yucatec Maya:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malsameco, diferenco
 * Ewe: vovototo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הבדל (hevdel)
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: diferență
 * Russian: отличительная черта
 * Scottish Gaelic: diofar
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: avvikelse, differens, skillnad, olikhet
 * Telugu: తేడా (taeDaa)
 * Turkish: fark
 * Yucatec Maya:


 * Bulgarian: несъгласие, разногласие
 * Dutch: meningsverschil
 * German: ,


 * Indonesian: perselisihan
 * Swedish: meningsskiljaktighet, tvist, tvistepunkt
 * Telugu: విభేదము (vibhaedamu)


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: diferenco
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הפרש (hefresh)
 * Indonesian: selisih


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 差 (さ, sa)
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: diferență
 * Russian: разность,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: భేదము (bhaedamu)


 * : 違い (ちがい, chigai), 差異 (さい, sai) (1)
 * : diferencia (1,2,3,4)
 * : اختلاف

Verb

 * Bulgarian: различавам
 * Dutch: ,
 * German: ,


 * Hebrew:
 * Persian: فرق گذاشتن, تفكيك كردن
 * Portuguese: diferenciar
 * Swedish: skilja, skilja åt

Related terms

 * differ
 * different
 * differentiate
 * differentiation
 * differential

Etymology
differentia:

Descendants

 * English:
 * French: