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- pronunciation:
- dI
f
 r
ns
[or]
dI
frns
- phrases:
- make a difference, make no difference, split the difference
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the condition of differing; unlikeness.
Some people are not comfortable with difference; they prefer things that are similar to those things with which they are already familiar.- synonyms:
- contrast, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, variance
- antonyms:
- equivalence, resemblance, similarity
- similar words:
- deviation, divergence, gap
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| definition 2: |
a particular instance of being unlike or not the same as something else.
The professor explained the difference between communism and socialism.- synonyms:
- discrepancy, dissimilarity, variance
- antonyms:
- equivalence, resemblance, similarity
- similar words:
- deviation, distinction, divergence
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| definition 3: |
a disagreement.
We've had our differences from time to time.- synonyms:
- conflict, disagreement, variance
- similar words:
- antagonism, clash, quarrel, tiff
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| definition 4: |
a change in a situation or person.
Have you noticed the difference in her since she returned from living abroad?- synonyms:
- alteration, change
- similar words:
- modification
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| definition 5: |
the degree or amount by which one thing or quantity differs from another.
Two is the difference between five and seven.When you subtract ten from twenty-five, you get a difference of fifteen.- synonyms:
- discrepancy
- similar words:
- balance, excess, remainder, residue, variance
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| related words: |
change, demur, disagreement, individuality, net, variety |
adjective + (n.)difference
absolute,
behavioral,
big,
crucial,
cultural,
demographic,
developmental,
distinct,
dramatic,
ethnic,
fundamental,
genetic,
huge,
ideological,
individual,
irreconcilable,
marked,
mean,
meaningful,
minor,
notable,
noticeable,
observed,
obvious,
philosophical,
physiological,
profound,
qualitative,
racial,
significant,
slight,
socioeconomic,
stark,
statistical,
striking,
substantial,
substantive,
subtle,
systematic
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verb + (n.)difference
account, attribute, bridge, calculate, detect, discern, examine, highlight, indicate, make, reconcile, reflect, resolve, reveal, split
(n.)difference
+ verb
exist
noun + (n.)difference
gender, magnitude, nationality, sex, significance, similarity, threshold, variance
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| phrase: |
make a difference, make no difference, split the difference |
The word difference
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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