diff
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8.1
- noun
- /dɪf/
- Informal
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diferencia
- So usually the diff and diff stuff works well when you're looking at very high frequency changes.
- significant diff
- diff in differences
- diff between two values
Examples
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This place could close down a month, nobody would know the diff.
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Put a Republican in and we'll go from tax and spend to borrow and spend—what's the diff?
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It's nothing more than a diff.
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Before or after, what's the diff?
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We need to analyze the diff between the two reports to understand their discrepancies.
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Can you explain the diff in prices between these two products?
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The diff in opinions about the project was evident during the meeting.
Synonyms
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1.7
A difference between two groups or amounts
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3.5
A difference that shows how two things or people are not the same
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2.8
A clear difference between two or more things when compared
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5.6
A difference between two things that should be the same, like numbers or stories
Antonyms
How Different
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diff is an informal short form of difference, similar to the word different. It simply means the 'difference' you see when you compare two things, for example the changes between two reports.