
SYNONYMS difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation, distinction, discrepancy. These nouns refer to a lack of correspondence or agreement. Difference is the most general: differences in color and size; a difference of opinion. Dissimilarity is difference between things otherwise alike or comparable: a dissimilarity between the twins' personalities. Unlikeness usually implies greater and more obvious difference: unlikeness among their teaching styles. Divergence suggests an increasing difference: points of divergence between British and American English. Variation occurs between things of the same class or species; often it refers to modification of something original, prescribed, or typical: variations in temperature; a variation in shape. Distinction often means a difference in detail determinable only by close inspection: the distinction between "good" and "excellent." A discrepancy is a difference between things that should correspond or match: a discrepancy between his words and his actions.
The process of subtracting successive terms in a series of equi-spaced observations. Used in numerical analysis and as a simple method for removing trends in time series. Suppose, for example, that yt , the value at time t, is given (for t=1, 2, 3,...) by yt=a + bt. Then, for each value of t>1, the first difference, Δyt, is given by Δyt=yt-yt-1}=(a+bt)-{a+b (t-1)}=b,which is no longer dependent on t. In the same way, further differences will remove higher polynomial dependencies on time. For example, the second difference, Δ2yt (=Δyt−Δyt−1), will remove any quadratic dependence on time.
noun
Definition: dissimilarity, distinctness
Antonyms: accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity
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Definition: opposing views
Antonyms: agreement, assent, concurrence, consent
Difference exists only with reference to another; in the case of the social sciences, this may be patriarchy, ‘whiteness’, colonialism, feminism, ‘colour’, or postcolonialism, all of which may be defined by what they are not. Difference is produced, and its production can depend on the connections between spaces; in imperialism, trade, migration, or diasporas, for example. Geographies of difference illustrate not only the way difference is spatially expressed: at centres, peripheries, and borderlands, but also the way that the nature of the ‘centre’ is often most clearly seen from the margins.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
— Mark Twain (1835-1910).
Tutor's tip: Students should show "deference" (respect, submission, yielding) to their teachers, even when they have a "difference" (disparity, being unlike) of opinion.
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In mathematical terms the result after subtracting one value from another; the difference may be negative or positive.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forskellighed, divergens, meningsforskel, stridspunkt, bitegn
v. tr. - indføre bitegn i slægtsvåben
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Nederlands (Dutch)
verschil, kenmerk, meningsverschil
Français (French)
n. - différence, divergence, différend, écart
v. tr. - changer qch/qn
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterschied, Differenz, Konflikt
v. - unterscheiden, einen Unterschied machen zwischen, differenzieren
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαφορά, ανομοιότητα, διαφωνία, (πληθ.) διαφορές, αιτίες διενέξεων
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Italiano (Italian)
differenza, disaccordo
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - diferença (f)
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Русский (Russian)
разница, расхождение, спор, разность
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Español (Spanish)
n. - desacuerdo, discrepancia, conflicto, controversia, la diferencia, cambio notable, característica diferenciadora
v. tr. - diferenciar, discriminar
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skillnad, meningsskiljaktighet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
差异, 分歧, 差别, 区别
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 差異, 分歧, 差別
v. tr. - 區別
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 상이, 차액, 분쟁
v. tr. - 차별하다
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 違い, 相違, 意見の相違, 差, 区別
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) اختلاف, تمييز, الفرق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שוני, הבדל, הפרש, מחלוקת, סכסוך
v. tr. - הבחין בהבדל, שינה
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