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 difference ['dɪfərəns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 不同, 差异

[计] 差分

[医] 差, 差别

[经] 差额, 余额


  1. Flowers make no difference to this room.
    这房间有没有花没什么区别。
  2. It won't make much difference whether you go today or tomorrow.
    你今天或明天去没有多大关系。
  3. It makes no difference.
    没有什么区别。


difference
[ noun ]
  1. the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

  2. <noun.attribute>
    there are many differences between jazz and rock
  3. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

  4. <noun.event>
    the deviation from the mean
  5. a disagreement or argument about something important

  6. <noun.communication>
    he had a dispute with his wife
    there were irreconcilable differences
    the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
  7. a significant change

  8. <noun.linkdef>
    the difference in her is amazing
    his support made a real difference
  9. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

  10. <noun.quantity>


Difference \Dif"fer*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Differenced}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Differencing}.]
To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different;
to distinguish.

Thou mayest difference gods from men. --Chapman.

Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are
not differenced from the meanest subject. --Milton.

So completely differenced by their separate and
individual characters that we at once acknowledge them
as distinct persons. --Sir W.
Scott.


Difference \Dif"fer*ence\, n. [F. diff['e]rence, L.
differentia.]
1. 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?

Differencies of administration, but the same Lord.
--1 Cor. xii.
5.

2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel;
hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.

What was the difference? It was a contention in
public. --Shak.

Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving
the old warden and the young constable to compose
their difference as they could. --T. Ellwood.

3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which
distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction;
characteristic quality; specific attribute.

The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies.

4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]

That now he chooseth with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence. --Spenser.

5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the
bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the
same. See {Augmentation}, and {Marks of cadency}, under
{Cadency}.

6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those
of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from
another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one
from the other.

{Ascensional difference}. See under {Ascensional}.

Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation;
diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance;
contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate;
quarrel; wrangle; strife.

  1. Chrysler guarantees that if it boosts the rebates before Sept. 30, the automaker will make up the difference to those that bought the vehicles during the current incentive period.
  2. She made up the difference from her purse.
  3. What made the difference this time? "I liked her right away," Schulz said of Johnson, a columnist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
  4. Although the outlook for the oil markets is similar to that of a year ago, one notable difference is OPEC's behavior.
  5. The acquisition will help strengthen Mead's computerized legal-information business, Mr. Roberts said, but amortization of the difference between purchase price and book value is reducing 1989 profit.
  6. This fundamental difference, almost too obvious to mention, gets lost when experts start examining the Soviet Union with a microscope to study perceived changes and prescribe Western responses.
  7. He noted that the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma area usually only gets about a half-inch of precipitation in February in a good year, so a dry month doesn't make much difference to the winter wheat crop.
  8. 'The difference in prices is outrageous.
  9. Instead of earning a 1.65 per return on the bills, the fund would enjoy a 2.75 per cent return, a 110 basis points difference.
  10. Members attending ANPA-TEC saw the difference and demonstrated an overwhelming preference for the Leaf." If an AP member newspaper does not want an AP Leaf Picture Desk, it may keep its present photo receiver or accept a two-minute receiver.
  11. For Japan's trade with the Common Market and Asian countries, the gold factor makes less difference, but again the trend is to balance.
  12. The racial difference in cervical cancer rates is "substantial and persistent," the Atlanta-based CDC said.
  13. But some employers make up the difference between the usually-lower military pay and the civilian salary when a reservist goes off to summer camp.
  14. To the rest of Europe, the division of Yugoslavia can hardly make any strategic difference.
  15. And so this is where I have a big difference.
  16. In judging its monetary policy, the Fed has indicated it is monitoring the value of the dollar, commodity prices and the difference between short- and long-term interest rates in addition to the two broader money supply measures.
  17. "These companies correctly believe that they can get away with nearly anything in terms of new-product claims." What's the difference, for example, between Tylenol Cold formula and Tylenol Cold & Flu formula, both made by Johnson & Johnson?
  18. The difference is that comparatively affluent Hungary, with 20 years experience in tinkering with socialism, is the communist country best prepared to take the free-market plunge.
  19. 'Often there is a only a millimetre of difference in the size and parts.
  20. This meant the difference in air pressure between the fire floor and the adjacent floors would be about half the difference recommended for current smoke control schemes.
  21. This meant the difference in air pressure between the fire floor and the adjacent floors would be about half the difference recommended for current smoke control schemes.
  22. And although few taste buds are sensitive enough to tell the difference, some beer drinkers say that non-draft beers can taste slightly "cooked" because they're pasteurized.
  23. Others, like Collender, say a deficit difference of a few billion dollars in a $5 trillion economy is relatively harmless.
  24. Mr. Baker said he had a difference of opinion with Arthur Brien, Pannell Kerr's managing partner, on how to run the firm, but he declined to elaborate.
  25. These naturalistic settings make a big difference.
  26. This difference is crystallized in the tax pledge.
  27. Unix International also disputed the idea that there was much difference in the technology, saying it would be able to deliver at about the same time as OSF the features that OSF claimed as advantages.
  28. The difference between them on Sunday, about four minutes, might have been attributable to the weather: Schueler likes it cool, Evoniuk warm.
  29. There's a difference between the various divisions.
  30. The only difference is that the Lilco expropriation will go down in history as the first time a government has taken over a private operation not to save it, but to bury it.
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