Meaning

(slang) Clipping of difference.

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) Clipping of difference
2. (mathematics) Clipping of differential
3. (video games, slang) Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team.
4. (computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
5. (computing) The output of a diff program, a diff file.
6. (automotive) Abbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile.
7. (medicine) Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
8. (climbing) A difficult route.

Example Sentences

A peach and an apricot? What's the diff?

MrX provided close to 100 diffs presented in a lengthy brief divided into sections.

This function takes that diff and plugs it into the larger structure.

[Pogo:] A woman outthunk is a woman scorned and you know what's got no fury like that! [...] Mus' I tell you? It's Sunday. [Albert:] What's the diff? Tell away. [Pogo, whispering:] Hell.

tank diff (i.e., the deciding factor in the game was the difference in skill between the teams' tank players)

edit diff

I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs.

This diff is capable of locking up when wheel slip occurs.

Word Forms

• diffs
• diffing
• diffed

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When Should You Use Diff?

Use diff when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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