difference
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,309 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,965 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar there are many differences between jazz and rock
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm also: deviation, divergence, departure the deviation from the mean
- a disagreement or argument about something important also: dispute, difference of opinion, conflict he had a dispute with his wifethere were irreconcilable differences
- a significant change the difference in her is amazinghis support made a real difference
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend also: remainder
difference in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I make a great difference between people.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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It is going to make a great difference in my life.'
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1
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They kept me, nevertheless, thinking that one child the more would not make much difference.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There is a greater difference between really thinking and only thinking that we think than most of us think.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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He didn't see that the door had carelessly been left open, and even if he had, it would have made no difference.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1