Found 3 items, similar to difference.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: difference
beda, furak, ikhtilaf, keasingan, keberbedaan, kelainan, perbedaan, perbenturan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: difference
difference
n 1: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar;
“there are many
differences between jazz and rock” [ant:
sameness]
2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;
“the
deviation from the mean” [syn:
deviation,
divergence,
departure]
3: a disagreement or argument about something important;
“he
had a dispute with his wife”;
“there were irreconcilable
differences”;
“the familiar conflict between Republicans
and Democrats” [syn:
dispute,
difference of opinion,
conflict]
4: a significant change;
“the difference in her is amazing”;
“his support made a real difference”
5: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that
when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn:
remainder]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Difference
Difference
\Dif"fer*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Differenced; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Differencing.]
To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different;
to distinguish.
[1913 Webster]
Thou mayest difference gods from men. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster]
Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are
not differenced from the meanest subject. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
So completely differenced by their separate and
individual characters that we at once acknowledge them
as distinct persons. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Difference
\Dif"fer*ence\, n. [F. diff['e]rence, L.
differentia.]
1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being
different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity;
unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in
paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what
is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
[1913 Webster]
Differencies of administration, but the same Lord.
--1 Cor. xii.
5.
[1913 Webster]
2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel;
hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
[1913 Webster]
What was the difference? It was a contention in
public. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving
the old warden and the young constable to compose
their difference as they could. --T. Ellwood.
[1913 Webster]
3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which
distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction;
characteristic quality; specific attribute.
[1913 Webster]
The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies.
[1913 Webster]
4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
That now he chooseth with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the
bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the
same. See
Augmentation, and
Marks of cadency, under
Cadency.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those
of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from
another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one
from the other.
[1913 Webster]
Ascensional difference. See under
Ascensional.
Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation;
diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance;
contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate;
quarrel; wrangle; strife.
[1913 Webster]