Definition of difference

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Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other..

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Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation..
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Equidifferent :: Equidifferent (a.) Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent..
Change :: Change (v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons..
Uniformity :: Uniformity (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature..
Point :: Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point..
Neutrality :: Neutrality (n.) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
Incuriosity :: Incuriosity (n.) Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.
Deadness :: Deadness (n.) The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like..
Differentia :: Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
Number :: Number (n.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted..
Error :: Error (n.) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
Windage :: Windage (n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
Reconcile :: Reconcile (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..
Brisure :: Brisure (n.) A mark of cadency or difference.
Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it..
Discriminative :: Discriminative (a.) Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating.
Discriminate :: Discriminate (v. t.) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
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