Definition of difference

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Difference (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy..

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Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion.
Distinguishing :: Distinguishing (a.) Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic..
Margin :: Margin (n.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
Intoleration :: Intoleration (n.) Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
Shade :: Shade (n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability..
Diversify :: Diversify (v. t.) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Indistinguishing :: Indistinguishing (a.) Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities..
Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
Stoichiological :: Stoical (n.) Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.
Distinction :: Distinction (n.) Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.
Distinct :: Distinct (a.) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
Neutralize :: Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc..
Treaty :: Treaty (n.) The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation..
Ellipticity :: Ellipticity (n.) Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference..
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