Definition of difference

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Difference (v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.

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Differentiate :: Differentiate (v. t.) To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. i.) To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle..
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.
Coldly :: Coldly (adv.) In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly..
Difference :: Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other..
Agree :: Agree (v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences..
Differential :: Differential (a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Variance :: Variance (n.) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof..
Discern :: Discern (v. t.) To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.
Sameness :: Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like..
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..
Fluorescence :: Fluorescence (n.) That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident l
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/..
Scale :: Scale (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile..
Indifference :: Indifference (n.) Passableness; mediocrity.
Indifference :: Indifference (n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias..
Discernible :: Discernible (a.) Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding..
Comma :: Comma (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners..
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