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difference
English
Etymology
From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differ?ns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia.
Morphologically differ +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?f??n(t)s/
- (rare) IPA(key): /?d?f???n(t)s/
- Hyphenation: diffe?rence, dif?fer?ence
Noun
difference (countable and uncountable, plural differences)
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
- Antonyms: identity, sameness
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
- 1714, Thomas Ellwood, The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand
- Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
- (obsolete) Choice; preference.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation ().
- (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another ().
Synonyms
- (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence, disparity
- (disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
- (result of a subtraction): remainder
- (significant change in state): nevermind
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Verb
difference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
- This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
Synonyms
- (to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- difference in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- difference in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
Etymology
From Old French difference, from Latin differ?ntia; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dif?r?ns(?)/, /di?f?r?ns(?)/
Noun
difference (plural differences or difference)
- Difference; the state of being different.
- A difference; an element which separates.
- Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
- (heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
- (mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
- (mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
- (rare) Something that people do not agree upon.
Descendants
- English: difference
- Scots: difference
References
- “difference, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-31.
Old French
Alternative forms
- differance
Etymology
From Latin differentia.
Noun
difference f (oblique plural differences, nominative singular difference, nominative plural differences)
- difference
Descendants
- ? Middle English: difference, differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
- English: difference
- Scots: difference
- French: différence
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contention
English
Etymology
From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contend? (past participle contentus); see contend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?n??n/
- Hyphenation: con?ten?tion
Noun
contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions)
- Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
- (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
Synonyms
- gainstrife, gainstriving, wrangling
Hyponyms
- (computing) resource contention
Derived terms
- bone of contention
- contention system
- in contention
- resource contention
Related terms
Translations
References
- contention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- contention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- contention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contentio, contentionem. Cf. the inherited form contençon, and see also tençon.
Noun
contention f (oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions)
- dispute; quarrel; disagreement
Related terms
- contendre
- contençon
- tençon
Descendants
- English: contention
- French: contention
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