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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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Another important difference involved learning to choose better strategies over time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

That’s a $90,000 difference, after all, and I believe it would be unwise to gloss over.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

“The vet world is so mean,” Indiana veterinarian Kami Graber said on TikTok, describing heated reactions to an earlier video she’d posted about the difference in qualifications between vet technicians and vet assistants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"Even if I explained there was little difference, and I was only trying to save them money, they would still want the big name."

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

“What difference does it make to you?” she said stiffly, glancing at her watch.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

It may also help scientists understand important differences between muscle regeneration and cancer, including why skeletal muscle can repair itself so effectively while cancers originating in muscle are relatively uncommon.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Despite the contrasting patterns, the researchers emphasize that the observed testosterone differences were modest.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Although the visible differences were extremely subtle, the ultraviolet measurements, caterpillar markings, and DNA results told a consistent story.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

The newly discovered ultraviolet differences offer a possible explanation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

This is a typical human response to recognizing differences that can become a problem when more than one group wants or needs the same resources.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016

If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2012

"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2010

The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

This page is delicately differenced from the fairies by his straight hair, his features, Asiatic, though handsome, his girdle and bracelets of pearls, and a short striped skirt about his loins.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010

These Dukes bore the Royal Arms as used in the reign of George III. and not as altered for Queen Victoria, differencing the accessories as well as the Shield with their labels.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

This is the earliest specimen of differencing I have met with.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Sir Edmund Mauley in the 14th century is found differencing the black bend of his elder brother by charging it with three wyvers of silver.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various


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