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difference

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




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I came to know the difference from the inside.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

This is the number, expressed in percentage terms, that shows the difference between the interest they earn on their assets and the costs they pay depositors and debtholders to borrow money.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

In comparison, those with lower levels of participation had an average physiological age of 69.9 years, a difference of about three years.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Winds, storms, rainfall and currents are all, in different ways, the planet trying to even out that difference.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But in a wild state, the real difference is that we use controlled fire.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Thomas C. Hase’s lighting played up the psychic differences between those two places.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Observational studies cannot rule out other differences between groups that might influence when patients require surgery.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

The opportunity is that, with a proper charm offensive, Burnham - like Starmer - could win Trump over in spite of their political differences.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Green jerseys were seen all over Mexico as people set aside their differences to cheer on El Tri.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

THE adventure really begins in differences—the great differences between people and animals, between the way we live now and the way we once lived, between the Mall and the Woods.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

Perseverance is the endurance in one or other of these pentads until the attainment of the desired end, and is distributed into the differenced and the rest.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

Tenants or neighbours of the great feudal lords were wont to make their arms by differencing the lord’s shield or by bringing some charge of it into their own bearings.

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

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

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

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

Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.—We call this specialty the bias of each individual.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell




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