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difference

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




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Chawawa praises theatres for opening their doors to the Black Boys Theatre Club and other efforts to attract more diverse audiences, but says lower ticket prices and "a societal shift" will make a bigger difference.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

But the truth is, you have to be wringing the Turbo out pretty hard to feel a difference.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

There is, however, a major difference in speed.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Once he is on the field, however, the size difference is forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Saving precious daylight hours could mean the difference between harvesting the food before the first frost or not, and having enough nourishment for the winter or not.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

This method uses naturally occurring genetic differences among people as a way to test whether a particular biological factor may contribute to an outcome.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

But he admitted both sides would have to make compromises to narrow the differences between them.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The credits likely wouldn’t have transferred anyway—the differences in the two education systems were vast.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Our travel columnist’s guide to sorting out the differences between TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and Clear.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

If we fail to appreciate the differences, we will be hindered in our ability to meet the challenges created by the current moment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Younger branches differenced in many ways, following no rule.

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

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

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

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

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

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 Oliver Wendell Holmes




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