see|différence
wikipedia|dab=difference
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-difference.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OF. différence|difference.

Noun
en-noun|-|s

1. uncountable The quality of being different.

#:You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.

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

#:There are three differences between these two pictures.

1. countable A disagreement or argument about something important.
2. arithmetic (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

Synonyms
(characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence
(disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
(arithmetic: result of a subtraction): remainder

Antonyms
(quality of being different): identity, sameness

Derived terms
difference engine
difference equation
difference of two squares
same difference
split the difference
spot the difference
tell the difference

Related terms
a distinction without a difference

Translations
trans-top|quality of being different
Czech: rozdíl m
Danish forskel
Dutch: verschil n
Esperanto: malsameco, diferenco
Ewe: vovototo
Finnish: erilaisuus
French: différence f
:Vive la différence! - Long life difference!
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German: Andersartigkeit f, Anderssein n
Hebrew: ש�נ� (shoni) m
Indonesian: beda|perbedaan
Italian: differenza f*Kurdish: KUchar|ج�ا�از�
Russian: �азли�ие f, о�ли�ие f, �азни�а f
Slovene: razli�nost f
Swedish: avvikelse c, differans c, skillnad c, olikhet c
Telugu: భ�దమ� (bhaedamu)
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trans-top|characteristic of something that makes it different from something else
Czech: rozdíl m
Danish forskel
Dutch: verschil n
Esperanto: malsameco, diferenco
Ewe: vovototo
Finnish: ero, eroavaisuus
French: différence f
German: Unterschied m
Hebrew: ���� (hevdel) m
Italian: differenza f
Indonesian: beda|perbedaan
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Russian: о�ли�и�ел�на� �е��а f
Slovene: razlika f
Swedish: avvikelse c, differans c, skillnad c, olikhet c
Telugu: త�డా (taeDaa)
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trans-top|disagreement or argument about something important
Indonesian: selisih|perselisihan
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Swedish: meningsskiljaktighet c, tvist c, tvistepunkt c
Telugu: విభ�దమ� (vibhaedamu)
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trans-top|arithmetic: result of a subtraction
Czech: rozdíl m
Danish differens
Dutch: verschil n
Esperanto: diferenco
Finnish: erotus
French: différence f
German: Differenz f
Hebrew: �פרש (hefresh) m
Indonesian: selisih
Italian: differenza f
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Japanese: 差 (�, sa)
Russian: �азни�а f
Slovene: razlika f
Spanish: diferencia f
Swedish: differens c, skillnad c
Telugu: భ�దమ� (bhaedamu)
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Japanese: �� (���, chigai), 差� (��, sai) (1)
ttbc|Spanish: diferencia f (1,2,3,4)
ttbc|Persian: ت�ا�ت|اخت�ا�

Verb
en-verb|differenc|ing

1. transitive To distinguish or differentiate.

Synonyms
(to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish

Translations
trans-top|to distinguish or differentiate
Dutch:differentiëren, onderscheiden
German: differenzieren, unterscheiden
Hebrew: ������ (lehavdyl)
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Persian: �ر� گذاشت�, ت���� �رد�
Swedish: skilja, skilja åt
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