difference
The quality of being different.
Noun 4 meanings
The quality of being different.
“You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.”
A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
“There are three differences between these two pictures.”
A disagreement or argument.
“We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.”
Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
“It just won't make much difference to me.”
Verb 1 meaning
to modify a heraldic emblem so as to distinguish one branch of a house from another
Etymology
From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia. Morphologically differ + -ence.
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DIFFERENCE at a glance
DIFFERENCE has 10 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + F 4 + F 4 + E 1 + R 1 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 21 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,009 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with difference
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
- INFLUENCE14
One letter away
- DIFFERENCY22
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