difference
Webster Dictionary
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?
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gap
(gap)
Princeton's WordNet
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
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differential
(ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a difference or the amount of difference, as in rate, cost, degree, or quality, between things that are comparable.
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gender gap
(ˈdʒɛn dərd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the difference between women and men in regard to social, political, economic, or other attainments or attitudes, or the problem perceived to exist because of such difference.
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indifference
Webster Dictionary
the quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance
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differentiate
Webster Dictionary
to distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize
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psychism
Webster Dictionary
the doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations
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differential
Webster Dictionary
relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate
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volt
(ʊlt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the SI unit of potential difference and electromotive force, equal to the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt.
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v
(volt, V)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
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volt
(volt, V)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
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speculation
Webster Dictionary
the act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets
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proportion
Webster Dictionary
the equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth
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variety
(variety, change)
Princeton's WordNet
a difference that is usually pleasant
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dissent
(dissent)
Princeton's WordNet
a difference of opinion
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distinction
(distinction)
Princeton's WordNet
a distinguishing difference
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change
(variety, change)
Princeton's WordNet
a difference that is usually pleasant
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interval
(interval, musical interval)
Princeton's WordNet
the difference in pitch between two notes
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differential
(differential)
Princeton's WordNet
relating to or showing a difference
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discriminate
(discriminate, know apart)
Princeton's WordNet
recognize or perceive the difference
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disparity
(disparity)
Princeton's WordNet
inequality or difference in some respect
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know apart
(discriminate, know apart)
Princeton's WordNet
recognize or perceive the difference
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variable
(varying, variable)
Princeton's WordNet
marked by diversity or difference
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musical interval
(interval, musical interval)
Princeton's WordNet
the difference in pitch between two notes
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varying
(varying, variable)
Princeton's WordNet
marked by diversity or difference
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dif.
(ˈdyœ eɪ mɔ̃ ˈdrwa)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
difference.
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dissent
(dissent)
Princeton's WordNet
(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
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anisometropia
(anisometropia)
Princeton's WordNet
difference..n the refractive power of the two eyes
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intolerant
(intolerant)
Princeton's WordNet
unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
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spread
(gap, spread)
Princeton's WordNet
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
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