Different vs. Difference
Differentadjective
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
Differentadjective
Various, assorted, diverse.
Differentadjective
Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Differentadjective
Unlike most others; unusual.
Differentnoun
(mathematics) The different ideal.
Differentadjective
Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Differentadjective
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
Differentadjective
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;
Differentadjective
distinctly separate from the first;
Differentadjective
differing from all others; not ordinary;
Differentadjective
not like; marked by dissimilarity;
Differentadjective
distinct or separate;
Differentadjective
not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality
Differentadjective
novel and unusual
Differentadjective
distinct; separate
Differencenoun
(uncountable) The quality of being different.
Differencenoun
(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
Differencenoun
(countable) A disagreement or argument.
Differencenoun
Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
Differencenoun
(countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
Differencenoun
(obsolete) Choice; preference.
Differencenoun
(heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
Differencenoun
(logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
Differencenoun
(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).
Differencenoun
(relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).
Differenceverb
(transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
Differencenoun
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?
Differencenoun
Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
Differencenoun
That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
Differencenoun
Choice; preference.
Differencenoun
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.
Differencenoun
The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
Differencenoun
The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.
Differenceverb
To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
Differencenoun
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar;
Differencenoun
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;
Differencenoun
a disagreement or argument about something important;
Differencenoun
a significant change;
Differencenoun
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
