Difference

Quick meaning: Difference is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being different.

Meaning

(uncountable) The quality of being different.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
2. (countable) A disagreement or argument.
3. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
4. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
5. (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
6. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
7. (obsolete) Choice; preference.

Example Sentences

It just won't make much difference to me.

It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.

You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.

There are three differences between these two pictures.

Word Forms

• differences
• differencing
• differenced

Synonyms for difference

Depending on context, synonyms include departure, deviation, divergence, disparity, conflict, dispute.

Antonyms for difference

Common opposites include identity, identicality, identicalness, sameness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include divergence, deviation, dispute, conflict, departure, otherness.

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