To distinguish or differentiate. These nouns refer to a lack of correspondence or agreement. Difference is the most general: differences in color and size; a difference of degree but not of kind.
Difference, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity imply perceivable unlikeness, variation, or diversity. Difference refers to a lack of identity or a degree of unlikeness: a difference of opinion; a difference of six inches.
From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre.
Definition of difference noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To tell the difference between two people or things is to see how they are unlike each other. It's hard to tell the difference [= distinguish] between one action movie and another. The new version is supposed to be much better than the old one, but I can't tell the difference (between them).
Difference commonly refers to: Difference (philosophy), the set of properties by which items are distinguished Difference (mathematics), the result of a subtraction Difference, The Difference, Differences or Differently may also refer to:
Difference commonly refers to: Difference (philosophy), the set of properties by which items are distinguished Difference (mathematics), the result of a subtraction Difference, The Difference, Differences or Differently may also refer to: