difference

difference
n.

1) to make a difference

2) to tell the difference

3) to compose, reconcile, resolve, settle, thrash out differences

4) to set aside differences

5) to split the difference ('to take an average')

6) a considerable, great, marked, noticeable, striking; essential; irreconcilable; minor, slight; radical; subtle; superficial difference

7) a difference among, between; from

8) a difference in (a difference in age)

9) a difference to (that makes no difference to me)

10) (misc.) a world of difference ('a considerable difference')

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['dɪf(ə)rəns]
between
from
irreconcilable
marked
noticeable
radical
striking
subtle
superficial difference
thrash out differences
a considerable
a difference among
to compose
to make a difference
to set aside differences
to tell the difference
(misc.) a world of difference ('a considerable difference')
to split the difference ('to take an average')
a difference in (a difference in age)
a difference to (that makes no difference to me)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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