difference
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdɪfərəns/
- Specialized
:
diferencia
- Allowing for the difference in pens, the duplication seems exact.
- difference between versions
- code difference
You can see the difference between the first version and the final version.
- You can see the difference between the first version and the final version.
Examples
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Which means that here you have the difference of two logs.
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So let me just plug in my little tester here just to show you the difference between the pins.
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Our method involved the use of a new ABR index that is based on threshold differences.
Academic text (2008) -
One wonders why Yeltsin bothered to reject the July version; the differences in the two versions are mostly cosmetic.
Academic text (1997) -
The software update highlighted the difference between the old and new versions of the program.
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When comparing the two files, we can easily see the difference in their content through the diff tool.
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The developer used a difference report to document the changes made to the codebase.
Synonyms
1
7.5
A file that shows which lines changed between two versions of text or code
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
71
3.5
To ask how two things are not the same or to say that does not matter
Compounds
- Specialized
30
3.5
A situation where two or more people disagree about something important
- Specialized
1
4.1
The electric push between two points in a circuit measured in volts
- Specialized
The smallest change in a thing, like sound, light or weight, that a person can notice
- Specialized
The smallest change in something, like light or taste, that a person can notice
- Specialized
The smallest change in a sound, weight, or temperature that a person can notice half the time
- Specialized
To measure how two sets of scores are related by comparing their ranks
- Specialized
A number that shows how closely two sets of ranked scores move together
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word difference comes from the Latin parts dis- 'apart' and ferre 'to carry', and today a difference in computing is simply what is 'not the same' between two versions. So a diff or difference file shows the parts that were moved or changed apart from the original.