difference

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈdɪfəɹən(t)s/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

The quality of being different.

Antonyms
identity sameness
Example Sentences
  • You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
2 Definition

A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

Example Sentences
  • There are three differences between these two pictures.
3 Definition

A disagreement or argument.

Example Sentences
  • We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
4 Definition

Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.

Example Sentences
  • It just won't make much difference to me.
5 Definition

The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

Example Sentences
  • The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
6 Definition

Choice; preference.

7 Definition

An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.

8 Definition

The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

9 Definition

(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).

10 Definition

(relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To distinguish or differentiate.