Sekirov Dictionary

difference

/ˈdɪf.(ə.)ɹəns/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 6

noun10

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the state of not being exactly the same as something else
- You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
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A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- There are three differences between these two pictures.
The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
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Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- It just won't make much difference to me.
- It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.
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A disagreement or argument.
- We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
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The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
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(no longer used) Choice; preference.
- That now be chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack intelligence. — 1590

verb2

to modify a heraldic emblem so as to distinguish one branch of a house from another
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(no longer used) To distinguish or differentiate.
- This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy. — 1672

forms

differenced · differencing · differences

Phrases with difference

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