- the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- an instance or point of unlikeness or dissimilarity: What accounts for the differences in their behavior?
- a significant change in or effect on a situation: His tact makes a difference in the way people accept his suggestions.
- a distinguishing characteristic; distinctive quality, feature, etc.: The difference in the two products is quality.
- the degree to which one person or thing differs from another.
- the act of distinguishing; discrimination; distinction.
- a disagreement in opinion.
- a dispute or quarrel.
- Also called finite distance. Mathematics.
- the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another.
- relative complement.
- (of a function f) an expression of the form f(x + h) − f(x).
- a differentia.
- to cause or constitute a difference in or between; make different.
- to perceive the difference in or between; discriminate.
- split the difference,
- to compromise, especially to make equal concessions.
- to divide the remainder equally: Let's take half of the cake and let the three of them split the difference.
- the state or quality of being unlike
- a specific instance of being unlike
- a distinguishing mark or feature
- a significant change in a situation
- a disagreement or argument
- a degree of distinctness, as between two people or things
- the result of the subtraction of one number, quantity, etc, from another
- the single number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend; remainder
- logic another name for differentia
- maths (of two sets)
- the set of members of the first that are not members of the second
- the set of members of one but not both of the given sets
- an addition to the arms of a family to represent a younger branch
- make a difference
- to have an effect
- to treat differently
- split the difference
- to settle a dispute by a compromise
- to divide a remainder equally
- with some peculiarly distinguishing quality, good or bad
- to distinguish
- to add a charge to (arms) to differentiate a branch of a family
