different between difference vs delta

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)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being different.

   Antonyms: identity, sameness

2. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

3. (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.

4. (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.

6. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.

   The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.

7. (obsolete) Choice; preference.
8. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
9. (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
10. (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (${\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}+{\overline {A}}B}$).
11. (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (${\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}}$).

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)

1. (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:)

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)

1. Difference; the state of being different.
2. A difference; an element which separates.
3. Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
4. (heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
5. (mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
6. (mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
7. (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)

1. difference

Descendants

• ? Middle English: difference, differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
  • English: difference
  • Scots: difference
• French: différence

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

• (river): from the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta ?
• (USSF): from the delta wing, symbol of the USSF, a triangular wing, shaped like the majuscule Greek letter delta ?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?lt?/, [?d??t?]
• Rhymes: -?lt?

Noun

delta (plural deltas)

1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet ?, ?.
2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

3. The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
4. (mathematics) The symbol ?.
5. (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.

6. (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.

7. (physics, engineering) A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".

8. (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
9. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
10. (electrical, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.

11. (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
12. (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
13. (US, military, U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
14. (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
15. Delta

Synonyms

• (USSF): garrison (a support wing equivalent)

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• deltoid
• Appendix: IPA examples

Verb

delta (third-person singular simple present deltas, present participle deltaing, simple past and past participle deltaed)

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Anagrams

• Adlet, adlet, atled, dalet, dealt, lated, taled

Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltes)

1. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?d?l.t?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?d?l.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?del.ta/

Noun

delta f (plural deltes)

1. delta; the Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).
2. (geography) A delta.

Derived terms

• metall delta

Czech

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta), which is probably of Semitic origin.

Noun

delta n (indeclinable)

1. Delta (Greek letter ?).
2. (physics) Kind of rays consisting of secondary electrons with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization (delta ray).
3. Having the shape of the Greek letter ?.

Derived terms

• deltový

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta). Originally used for the delta of the Nile, because its forked shape resembled the Greek letter ?. The word is probably of Semitic origin.

Noun

delta f

1. (geography) delta (forked mouth of a river)

Declension

Anagrams

• datel
• datle

References

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta n (singular definite deltaet, plural indefinite deltaer)

1. a river delta
2. delta (the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, ?, ?.)

Declension

References

• “delta” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l.ta?/
• Hyphenation: del?ta

Noun

delta f (plural delta's, diminutive deltaatje n)

1. The Greek letter delta.
2. A river delta, a network of one or more rivers and tributaries pouring out into a larger body of water.

   Synonym: rivierdelta

Hypernyms

• mond
• monding
• riviermond
• riviermonding

Coordinate terms

• estuarium

Derived terms

• deltagebied
• Deltagebied
• Deltaplan
• Deltawerk
• rivierdelta

Finnish

(index d)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?delt(?)?/, [?de?lt?(?)?]
• Rhymes: -elt?
• Syllabification: del?ta

Noun

delta

1. delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Derived terms

• deltafunktio
• deltalihas
• deltasiipi

See also

• suisto

Anagrams

• dalet

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?l.ta/

Noun

delta m (plural delta or deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (geographical feature)

Further reading

• “delta” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?lt?]
• Hyphenation: del?ta
• Rhymes: -t?

Noun

delta (plural delták)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

delta f (genitive singular deltu, nominative plural deltur)

1. delta (Greek letter)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?lta]
• Hyphenation: dèl?ta

Noun

delta

1. delta,
   1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet ?, ?.
   2. (geography) A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

Further reading

• “delta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dèl?ta

Noun

delta m (invariable)

1. delta (all senses)

Derived terms

• ala a delta
• deltaplano

Latvian

Noun

delta f (4th declension)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

1. the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)

Etymology 2

Noun

delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta or deltaer, definite plural deltaene)

1. a river delta

Derived terms

• elvedelta

Etymology 3

From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something; to partake in something

Verb

delta (imperative delta, present tense deltar, passive deltas, simple past deltok, past participle deltatt, present participle deltakende)

1. to participate; to partake

Related terms

• deltagelse, deltakelse
• deltager, deltaker

References

• “delta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms

• deltaka, deltake (long forms)

Verb

delta (present tense deltek or deltar, past tense deltok, past participle delteke or deltatt, passive infinitive delteken, present participle deltakande, imperative delta)

1. to participate

Related terms

• deltakar

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta m (definite singular deltaen, indefinite plural deltaer or deltaar, definite plural deltaene or deltaane)

2. the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)

Etymology 3

A specialized use of delta (Etymology 2).

Noun

delta n (definite singular deltaet, indefinite plural delta, definite plural deltaa)

2. a river delta

Derived terms

• elvedelta

References

• “delta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l.ta/

Noun

delta f

1. delta
2. (mathematics, colloquial) discriminant

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: del?ta

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. delta (Greek letter)
2. delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Derived terms

• asa-delta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêlta/
• Hyphenation: del?ta

Noun

d?lta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. delta, the Greek letter ?, ?

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?delta/, [?d?el?.t?a]
• Hyphenation: del?ta

Noun

delta f (plural deltas)

1. Greek letter delta

Derived terms

Noun

delta m (plural deltas)

1. (geography) a delta

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (délta).

Noun

delta n

1. the Greek letter ?, ? (delta)
2. a river delta

Declension

Etymology 2

From del (“part”) + ta(ga) (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something

Alternative forms

• deltaga (dated)

Pronunciation

Verb

delta (present deltar, preterite deltog, supine deltagit, imperative delta)

1. to participate

Conjugation

Related terms

• deltagare

Anagrams

• delat, talde