difference

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The quality of being different.
2. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
3. (countable) A disagreement or argument.
4. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
5. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Choice; preference.
7. (countable, uncountable) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
8. (countable, uncountable) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
9. (countable, uncountable) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
10. (countable, relational, uncountable) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).

Verb

To distinguish or differentiate.

Concepts

différence

divergence

écart

différend

distinction

litige

inégalité

variation

excès

mésentente

opposition

raison

reste

séparé

décalage horaire

disparité

marge

autre

difference

conflit

contraste

décalage

désaccord

déviation

didactique

dispute

Opposé de

identity, sameness

Synonymes

distinction

dissimilarity

disparity

diversity

discrepancy

disagreement

variation

variance

remainder

change

divergence

gap

deviation

contrast

inconsistency

unlikeness

separation

distinguish

alteration

odds

variety

conflict

discrimination

separate

balance

dispute

inequality

interval

division

discord

divergency

opposition

estrangement

difference of opinion

departure

unlikeliness

dissidence

uniqueness

dissension

otherness

contrariety

margin

contradistinction

contention

differentness

dissent

differentiation

residual

differential

different

Traductions

diferencia

Unterschied

differenza

Differenz

diferença

verschil

διαφορά

fark

diferència

Verschiedenheit

onderscheid

Abweichung

Andersartigkeit

Anderssein

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɪf(ə)ɹəns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: difference

In summary

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.

Phrases

The difference in housing costs from city to city is especially important .

La différence dans les coûts de logement d'une ville à l'autre est particulièrement importante.

The difference is that here the " thin film " is a thin layer of air .

La différence est qu'ici le "film mince" est une mince couche d'air.

This implies a difference between common people and the elite .